Jennifer Hudson has appeared on the big screen and performed live on a Broadway stage and on “American Idol” — but none of that compared to her experience doing NBC’s musical event, “Hairspray Live!” “With a live production on television, it didn’t dawn on me until I literally was getting ready to step out on stage, and I’m like, ‘Oh, my God, this is the most exciting thing I’ve ever done in my career — and the scariest,'” the Oscar winner for “Dreamgirls” told TheWrap. Hudson starred as Motormouth Maybelle in the production alongside Kristin Chenoweth, Ariana Grande,...
- 6/8/2017
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
Network TV's recent spate of live musicals have been many things, from buoyant and distracting to plodding and super awkward. But rarely have they been socially relevant – and then came Hairspray Live! The movie-turned-stage musical-turned-movie musical (got all that?) has now become a television extravaganza under the auspices of NBC's live song-and-dance format, and its message of inclusivity, equality and the fight for civil rights has taken on a freshly urgent tone in our current cultural moment. So unlike, say, Peter Pan Live! or Grease Live!, there's a very good...
- 12/8/2016
- Rollingstone.com
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