Behind the Scenes of ‘Hairspray Live!’

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Behind the Scenes of 'Hairspray Live!'

Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson and Martin Short can’t stop the beat! Check out behind-the-scenes fun as the stars of Hairspray Live! prepared for NBC's 2016 musical event!

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Behind the Scenes of 'Hairspray Live!'

Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande, Derek Hough, Jennifer Hudson and Martin Short can’t stop the beat! Check out behind-the-scenes fun as the stars of Hairspray Live! prepared for NBC's 2016 musical event!

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Two of a Kind

"I almost didn’t audition because I was so nervous,” newcomer Maddie Baillio (center) told Us of landing the part of Tracy Turnblad, her first-ever role, for NBC’s Hairspray Live! musical, alongside Harvey Fierstein (right), who plays her mother, Edna Turnblad. 

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Shake and Shimmy

Baillio (left) told Us that working with stars such as Fierstein "is like the ultimate master class for me.”

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Host With the Most

Derek Hough (center, holding mic, with Garrett Clayton in a blue suit) said he was inspired to do Hairspray Live! by sister Julianne, who starred in Fox's live production of Grease in January 2016.

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Trio of Broadway Alumni

The Lion King and School of Rock’s Shahadi Wright Joseph (left) and Hamilton’s Ephraim Sykes rehearsed with The Color Purple’s Jennifer Hudson.

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Dance-Off

Baillio (left), Hudson and Fierstein took the lead on The Corny Collins Show with Dove Cameron, Clayton, Hough and Sykes backing them up.

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Prepping for the Part

The youngest member of the cast, 11-year-old Joseph, told Us of Hairspray’s story line: "I think that its really important to tell this message right now with what's going on in the country.”

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Love for Mama

"I wake up every morning on cloud nine,” Baillio (with Fierstein and Sykes, right, in a blue suit) said of practicing for the live NBC telecast.

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Striking Gold

"I just got off of Broadway, and just doing the first opening night was traumatizing to me,” Hudson, who plays Motormouth Maybelle, told Us. "So now I’m like, 'Are you crazy? Are you really going to do this on live television?' Because that feels like opening night happening on television."