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When to catch 'Hairspray Live!' on TV

Kristin Chenoweth and Ariana Grande pose with Atlanta's Kenny Leon. Photo: Ryon Horne/AJC

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Kristin Chenoweth and Ariana Grande pose with Atlanta's Kenny Leon. Photo: Ryon Horne/AJC
By Melissa Ruggieri
Dec 7, 2016

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

A few weeks ago, video producer Ryon Horne and I traveled to Los Angeles to spend the day on the NBC set of “Hairspray Live!”

We were there to observe Atlanta's Kenny Leon – the Tony Award-winning director who is steering this live remake, which airs Wednesday at 8 p.m. on NBC – and in the course of the day were able to chat with much of the cast, including Ariana Grande, Jennifer Hudson, Harvey Fierstein, Kristin Chenoweth and Derek Hough.

We – as well as the cast – also received a surprise in the form of Denzel Washington, a longtime Leon pal who stopped by to provide Team Hairspray with a pep talk.

Before you tune in to "Hairspray Live!," check out our behind-the-scenes photos, videos and stories and prepare yourselves because, well, you know how it goes – you just can't stop the beat.

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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