Hairspray Live!: What We Know So Far Part 2

Anything with an * marks new information that has been added.

• Cast
• Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad*
• Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad
• Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad
• Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle
• Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle*
• Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton
• Derek Hough as Corny Collins
• Creative Team
• Kenny Leon will return as director
• Harvey Fierstein will return to write the teleplay
• Jerry Mitchell will recreate his choreography for the event
• Alex Rudzinski will be the live TV director
• Location
• They will switch from filming in New York to filming in Los Angeles
• They will have multiple filming locations
• They will have indoor and outdoor locations
• Other
• Hairspray Live! will air on December 7, 2016
• They will have a live studio audience
• The studio audience will be a part of the story and share dialogue with the characters