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'Hairspray Live' Is Now Available to Watch Free For 48 Hours!

You can now stream Hairspray Live!

The NBC live musical is available for free on the The Shows Must Go On! YouTube page.

Andrew Lloyd Webber has been making many shows available to watch for a weekend at a time on the channel, and earlier in May, he went online and provided a live commentary during the Cats stream.

Hairspray Live aired on NBC on December 7, 2016. It brought in 9.05 million viewers, with a ratings share of 2.3 in the 18–49 demographic, and a 5.9 overnight household rating.

The live musical starred Ariana Grande, Dove Cameron, Garrett Clayton, Derek Hough, Kristin Chenoweth, Harvey Fierstein, Jennifer Hudson, Martin Short, Shahadi Wright Joseph, Ephraim Sykes, and Maddie Baillio, with Sean Hayes, Rosie O’Donnell and Billy Eichner.

The stream will be over at 2pm EDT on Sunday (May 31), and is unfortunately not available in LATAM, CEE and Asia due to rights restrictions.

VIDEO: Watch Zac Efron Sing 'Ladie's Choice' For 2007 'Hairspray' Movie

JJJ is getting all nostalgic right now ahead of the premiere of Hairspray Live!

Who all remembers when we all swooned and capped and replayed and just became obsessed with Zac Efron‘s performance of “Ladie’s Choice” for the 2007 movie? We definitely do!

LISTEN: Hairspray Live! Full Soundtrack!

For Hairspray Live!, the song will be performed by Derek Hough (who plays Corny Collins) instead of Garrett Clayton, the new Link.

Why? We don’t actually know…

Garrett only had this to say when a fan asked: “because it wasn’t up to me lol”

Watch Zac‘s performance below!


Zac Efron – Ladies’ Choice (“Hairspray”)

Derek Hough Kicks Off 'Hairspray Live' with Maddie Baillio!

The new Tracy Turnblad, newcomer Maddie Baillio, poses for a photo with Derek Hough and Kristin Chenoweth at the press day for NBCUniversal during the 2016 Summer TCA Tour held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Tuesday (August 2) in Beverly Hills, Calif.

The three actors were joined at the event by their Hairspray Live co-stars Jennifer Hudson and Harvey Fierstein to chat about the upcoming live production. The cast kicked off rehearsals this week!

During the panel, it was revealed that two original songs written for the musical movie version of Hairspray will be added into the production. Also, unlike previous NBC productions, the action will move outside of the soundstage when the scene calls for the characters to go outdoors.

It was also revealed that Sean Hayes will play Mr. Pinky and Rosie O’Donnell will be playing the gym teacher.

FYI: Kristin is wearing an Alexis dress. Derek is wearing a Ted Baker London suit and shirt.

30+ pictures inside of the Hairspray Live cast attending the panel… More Here! »