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Hairspray Live!

2016 live musical television special
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Hairspray Live!

Summary

Hairspray Live! is a television film[1]. Hairspray Live! ranks in the top 7% of television_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hairspray Live!'s instance of is recorded as television film[3].
  • Hairspray Live! was directed by Kenny Leon[4].
  • Harvey Fierstein wrote the screenplay for Hairspray Live![5].
  • Hairspray Live!'s genre is musical film[6].
  • Hairspray Live!'s genre is comedy film[7].
  • Hairspray Live!'s genre is drama film[8].
  • Hairspray Live!'s genre is romance film[9].
  • A cast member of Hairspray Live! was Jennifer Hudson[10].
  • A cast member of Hairspray Live! was Harvey Fierstein[11].
  • A cast member of Hairspray Live! was Martin Short[12].
  • A cast member of Hairspray Live! was Derek Hough[13].
  • Hairspray Live! was produced by Craig Zadan[14].
  • Hairspray Live! was produced by Neil Meron[15].
  • The original language of Hairspray Live! was English[16].
  • Hairspray Live!'s original broadcaster is recorded as NBC[17].
  • Hairspray Live!'s country of origin is recorded as United States[18].
  • Hairspray Live! was released on 2016[19].
  • Hairspray Live! began on December 7, 2016[20].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Tracy Turnblad[21].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Edna Turnblad[22].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Amber Von Tussle[23].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Velma Von Tussle[24].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Penny Pingleton[25].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Link Larkin[26].
  • Hairspray Live!'s characters is recorded as Seaweed J. Stubbs[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[28]

  • Secondary type(s): Soundtrack[29]

  • First release date: 2016-12-02[30]

  • Genre(s): musical[31]

  • Community tags: musical[32]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 4c9bcccc-4916-4009-9a25-93e492e7194b[33]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Producers include Craig Zadan[14] and Neil Meron[15]. Hairspray Live! was directed by Kenny Leon[4]. Harvey Fierstein wrote the screenplay for Hairspray Live![5]. Cast members include Jennifer Hudson[10], Harvey Fierstein[11], Martin Short[12], and Derek Hough[13].

Publication

Hairspray Live! was published on 2016[19]. The original language of Hairspray Live! was English[16]. Genres include musical film[6], comedy film[7], drama film[8], and romance film[9].

Why It Matters

Hairspray Live! ranks in the top 7% of television_film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (498 views/month).[2] Hairspray Live! has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] Hairspray Live! is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

Related Entities

Dove Cameron Harvey Fierstein Jennifer Hudson Martin Short United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  19. [21] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  21. [23] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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