Chenoweth and Sean Hayes host “The Countdown to Hairspray Live!” at 7:30 Darren Criss reports from behind the scenes throughout the production. Harvey Fierstein - who wrote this adaptation’s teleplay - reprises his role as Tracy’s mom, Edna, who encourages her daughter’s rainbow vision. To its extravagant live productions of “The Sound of Music,” “Peter Pan” and “The Wiz,” NBC adds this adaptation of the Broadway musical, set in 1962 Baltimore and starring “the sugar and spice-est, nicest kids in town.” Maddie Baillio leads the cast as Tracy Turnblad, a zaftig teenager who dreams of racial equality while shaking and shimmying her way to stardom on the all-white “Corny Collins Show.” Kristin Chenoweth is the show’s manipulative producer, and Jennifer Hudson is a deeply hip record store owner. Elsewhere, Jeffrey Donovan plays a fake psychic who starts having real visions after a bonk to the head in “Shut Eye.” And “Chronicles of Courage” recounts the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Unleash your dancin’ feet to “Hairspray Live!,” the latest musical spectacular from NBC.
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