Hairspray Live Musical Behind The Scenes Universal Studios Backlot Courthouse Square Score (2016)

Hairspray Live! is an American television special that aired live on the American television network NBC on December 7, 2016. Produced by Craig Zadan and Neil Meron and hosted by Darren Criss, it is a performance of a new adaptation of the 2002 Broadway musical Hairspray.

Hairspray Live! takes place in 1962 Baltimore. Teenager Tracy Turnblad's dream is to dance on The Corny Collins Show, a local TV program. When, against all odds, Tracy wins a role on the show, she becomes a celebrity overnight and meets a colorful array of characters, including Link, the resident dreamboat; Amber, the ambitious mean girl; Seaweed, an African-American boy she meets in detention; and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, owner of a local record store. Tracy's mother is the indomitable Edna Turnblad, who eventually encourages Tracy on her campaign to integrate the all-White Corny Collins Show.

Main cast
Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad
Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad
Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad
Jennifer Hudson as Maybelle "Motormouth" Stubbs
Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin
Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton
Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle
Derek Hough as Corny Collins
Dove Cameron as Amber Von Tussle
Ephraim Sykes as Seaweed J. Stubbs
Shahadi Wright Joseph as Inez Stubbs

Dancers
Thomasina Gross
Andrew Pirozzi
Allie Meixner
Tyler Parks
Keenan D. Washington
Zack Everhart Jr.
Annie Gratton
Unissa Cruse Ferguson
Joy Marie Thomas
Drew Hoffman
Eliotte Nicole

Composers: Marc Shaiman, Scott Wittman

Executive producers: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron
Producers: Craig Zadan, Neil Meron, Richard Bakewell
Production locations: Universal Studios Lot, Universal City, California
Camera setup: Multi-camera
Running time: 113 minutes (DVD)
Production companies: New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Television, Storyline Entertainment, Sony Pictures Television, Universal Television
Distributor: NBCUniversal Television Distribution

Behind The Scenes
Lizz Zanin - Director, Facebook Live
Ann Rogerson - Associate Director

Directors: Kenny Leon, Alex Rudzinski (live television direction by)
Richard Bakewell - BTS Producer
Robert Norris Catto - producer
Barclay DeVeau - associate producer
Ashley Shea Landers - bumper producer
Kenny Leon - producer
Neil Meron - executive producer
Jerry Mitchell - associate producer
Alex Rudzinski - co-executive producer
Marc Shaiman - associate producer
John Waters - associate producer
Javier Winnik - supervising producer
Scott Wittman - associate producer
Craig Zadan - executive producer
Lizz Zanin - segment producer (segment "producer")
Brad Duns - associate director
Carrie Havel - associate director
Amy Wilcox-Barker - associate director

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Courthouse Square is a backlot at the Universal Studios Lot in Universal City, California. The set comprises several facades that form an archetypal American town square with a courthouse as its centerpiece. The set was built for the 1948 film An Act of Murder and featured as downtown Hill Valley in the Back to the Future trilogy and Kingston Falls in the Gremlins series.

Before the Back to the Future series, the area was known as Mockingbird Square, owing to its role in To Kill a Mockingbird. It has been severely damaged by fire several times, including in 1957, 1990, and 2008. It was reconstructed after each incident.

Universal Studios Lot is a television and film studio complex located at 100 Universal City Plaza in Universal City, California, adjacent to the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. It is the site of Universal Pictures and is owned by Comcast through its wholly-owned subsidiary NBCUniversal. The lot officially opened the gates of Universal City on March 15, 1915. The lot began offering its modern studio tour in 1964, eventually becoming the Universal Studios Hollywood theme park. Today, the Universal Studios Lot is 400 acres and includes more than 30 sound stages, the Brokaw News Center, and 165 other separate structures.

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