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The show is using drones too, the LA Times notes. Then again, they may just roll with it and 'just play it in the rain,' NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt told Playbill. Of course, it never rains in Los Angeles (OK, rarely) but if it does, producers have put tarps above the sets. Some of the more than 1,000 people working on the event include craftsmen who've meticulously recreated the set to look like 1960s Baltimore, and Leon has said they're using some 13 cameras and will use golf carts to quickly shuttle people between the two sounds sets. Some 40 percent of the show will take place outdoors on the Universal backlot in Los Angeles - as opposed to the Long Island studio NBC's previous shows were staged - and the show will be filmed in front of a live audience. Hairspray Live! includes a lot of experiments, including outdoor scenes All these people - especially Hudson, Chenoweth, Grande and Fierstein - bring thousands of hours of experience in theater and music, so you can pretty much expect the hairs on your arms to raise, stand up and clap when they start letting loose.

Martin Short plays Edna's husband (and father of Tracy) Wilbur, who helps his daughter integrate the show. Kristin Chenoweth will portray Velma Von Tussle, mom of diva Amber ( Dove Cameron) and ardent foe of race-mixing. Derek Hough plays Corny Collins, the aptly named host of the show. Ariana Grande appears as Penny, Tracy's friend who begins an interracial romance. Vocal powerhouse Jennifer Hudson will portray Motormouth Maybelle, a local celebrity/R&B diva who hosts a 'Negro Day' on The Corny Collins Show and helps instill confidence in Tracy. Hairspray Live! is packed with mega talents and then the conviction to see the show fully integrated. But when she befriends black kids at school, she's soon given the moves and courage to get on the show.

She's an unlikely choice though, partially because of her weight.

WHERE CAN YOU WATCH HAIRSPRAY LIVE TV

Tracy Turnblad (played by newcomer Maddie Baillio) really, really wants to get on The Corny Collins Show, a popular local dance TV series. Hairspray is set in 1960's Baltimore, where the city is still by and large segregated. Hairspray is a fun musical about outsiders, race relations and coming together

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