‘Hairspray Live!’ First-Look Promo Drops

Break out those dancing shoes because “You Can’t Stop
the Beat” in the first-look promo for NBC’s “Hairspray Live!”

On Friday, NBC revealed the promo for its next live musical,
and it featured many castmembers in costume, including Maddie Baillio as
Tracy Turnblad, Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad (a role he originated on
Broadway), Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle, Ariana Grande as Penny
Pingleton, Derek Hough as Corny Collins, Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle,
Dove Cameron as Amber Von Tussle and Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad.

The promo will air on television for the first time on
Friday night (Aug. 19) during primetime.

“Hairspray Live!”
star Maddie was found through an open casting call, something she
told Access Hollywood about on the red carpet during NBC’s portion of the
Television Critics Association Summer Tour.

“I went to an open call. There were over 1,300 girls
there,” she said. “I decided at 3 AM the night before that I was
going to get up and go do this and I was #344 in line and four call backs
later, I got it.”

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Members of the cast recently gathered for the production’s
first table read and Oscar-winner Jennifer, who recently starred in Broadway’s
“The Color Purple,” told Access Hollywood how exciting it’s been to
see “Hairspray Live!” take shape.

“It’s
magical to watch all the characters come to life, the set come to life,”
Jennifer said. “When you walk in the room, you just instantly feel the
energy. It’s undeniable and I cannot say that enough. This is definitely next
level.”

“Everyone
is so awesome,” she added of her castmates. “I was like, ‘Y’all cast
the hell out of this.'”

Kristin echoed Jennifer’s statements.

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“Everybody’s
perfectly cast and it’s going to kill. What can I say? It’s going to
kill,” she said of the musical. “It’s also the perfect timing for
this show, in our climate today, and our humanity, not just as Americans, but
as humans.”

“Hairspray
Live!” airs Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 8/7c
on NBC.

— Jolie Lash