Hairspray Live! (Original Soundtrack of the NBC Television Event)

Original soundtrack to NBC's Hairspray Live featuring an all-star cast. Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, 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 the resident dreamboat, Link; the ambitious mean girl, Amber; an African-American boy she meets in detention, Seaweed; and his mother, Motormouth Maybelle, the owner of a local record store.