[Jennifer Hudson] is the sole star.

| Mar 7, 2018

There may have been enough aerosol spray to burn off the rest of our ozone layer, but Wednesday's ambitious live version of the musical Hairspray on NBC was worth the environmental damage. It was light and fun and soon had you stuck.

| Dec 14, 2016

Listen: Any day we get to see Harvey Fierstein performing in full drag on network television is a good goddamn day in America.

| Dec 9, 2016

This is an impressive, jubilant production of a story that's rich in messages about diversity, inclusion, and loving yourself.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 9, 2016

Well! That was something. NBC's Hairspray Live! didn't just raise the bar for live 온라인카지노추천 musicals -- it bedazzled it, twirled it around and threw it up in the air while doing cartwheels.

| Dec 9, 2016

A lot of people tune into live musicals to hate watch (ahem, looking at you Sound of Music), but Hairspray Live! totally nailed it thanks to Hudson and Grande.

| Dec 9, 2016

There was a lot to enjoy, but also so many wrong-headed choices as to make viewers sometimes wonder exactly why we were bothering.

| Dec 8, 2016

The problem with delivering that timely message here was the absence of a star capable of selling Tracy's irrepressible spirit.

| Dec 8, 2016

Credit the show for its timeliness -- and for getting more clever, or maybe just less abashedly decadent, as it went along.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 8, 2016

In throwing back to the 1960s, Hairspray Live! offered a glimpse of a better future.

| Original Score: B+ | Dec 8, 2016

All in all, it wasn't an unpleasant revisiting of a great musical; it just wasn't a particularly coherent or revelatory one. Now someone just needs to mount a Broadway revival and cast Ms. Hudson in it.

| Dec 8, 2016

Hairspray Live! in the main was genuinely entertaining, even amid some messy moments of a huge production that seemed to be striving for a lot of different emotions all at once.

| Dec 8, 2016

A frothy adaptation of the movie-turned-stage presentation that frequently burst with infectious energy.

| Dec 8, 2016

I just am unsure the story of a white girl who finds her inner strength through learning about black culture and using it to win a white-run dance contest is as inspiring as everyone put their efforts into convincing me it is.

| Dec 8, 2016

Cranks like me couldn't stop the beat. And it's a good thing, too. NBC's Hairspray Live! was, after a rocky start, as bright and spirited as the Peacock's tail feathers.

| Dec 8, 2016

Given such riches, it's truly difficult to single out the best performances.

| Dec 8, 2016

NBC promised the most lavish live 온라인카지노추천 musical ever, spread across a couple of Universal lots. But instead, this often felt like some of those million-plus high school productions: crimped, dark, confined and spread across a few school stages.

| Dec 8, 2016

In staying relentlessly upbeat and allowing its stars to shine, Hairspray Live! offered a reminder that onstage, love always triumphs in one way or another.

| Dec 8, 2016

Brimming with great songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, opened up and spread out by directors Alex Rudzinski and Kenny Leon, this latest live NBC musical from Craig Zadan and Neil Meron was their best, most entertaining work yet.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 8, 2016

NBC's Hairspray Live! lacked the extra-strength hold of its predecessors, but didn't fall completely flat thanks to outstanding performances by some of its more seasoned stars.

| Dec 8, 2016