Hairspray

E90106

film musical musical film stage musical

Hairspray is a popular musical film and stage production set in 1960s Baltimore that follows a teenager’s fight against racial segregation through a local TV dance show.

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All labels observed (28)

Label	Occurrences
Hairspray canonical	36
Hairspray (2007 film)	24
Hairspray (1988 film)	17
Hairspray (musical)	9
Hairspray (2007 film adaptation)	7
Hairspray (2002 Broadway musical)	5
Hairspray (2002 musical)	5
Hairspray universe	4
Hairspray Live!	3
Hairspray (2002 stage musical)	2
Hairspray (Broadway production)	2
Hairspray (stage musical)	2
Hairspray franchise	2
Act I of Hairspray	1
Act II of Hairspray	1
Broadway production of Hairspray	1
Hairspray (2002 Broadway production)	1
Hairspray (2002 original Broadway cast recording)	1
Hairspray (Broadway musical)	1
Hairspray (musical adaptation of 1988 film)	1
Hairspray (original Broadway cast recording)	1
Hairspray (original Broadway production)	1
Hairspray (stage musical, not original 1988 film)	1
Hairspray (stage production)	1
Hairspray original Broadway production	1
Hairspray: Motion Picture Soundtrack (2007)	1
Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording	1
Hairspray: Soundtrack to the Motion Picture	1

Statements (35)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ musical ⓘ musical film ⓘ stage musical ⓘ
basedOn	Hairspray self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
featuresElement	local TV dance show ⓘ
followsCharacter	Tracy Turnblad ⓘ
genre	musical comedy ⓘ romantic comedy ⓘ teen film ⓘ
hasCharacter	Velma Von Tussle ⓘ surface form: Amber Von Tussle Corny Collins ⓘ Edna Turnblad ⓘ Link Larkin ⓘ Motormouth Maybelle ⓘ Penny Pingleton ⓘ Seaweed J. Stubbs ⓘ Tracy Turnblad ⓘ Velma Von Tussle ⓘ Wilbur Turnblad ⓘ
hasSetting	Baltimore ⓘ
hasSong	Big, Blonde and Beautiful ⓘ Good Morning Baltimore ⓘ I Know Where I’ve Been ⓘ Welcome to the 60s ⓘ Without Love ⓘ You Can’t Stop the Beat ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mainTheme	body positivity ⓘ civil rights ⓘ racial segregation ⓘ social justice ⓘ
plotSummary	A plus-size teenager in 1960s Baltimore fights to integrate a local TV dance show. ⓘ
setInPeriod	1960s ⓘ

Referenced by (133)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christopher Walken → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Craig Zadan → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray Live!

Neil Simon Theatre → notableProduction → Hairspray ⓘ

Tayla Parx → film → Hairspray ⓘ

Queen Latifah → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Neil Meron → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Neil Meron → producerOf → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Hairspray → basedOn → Hairspray self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)

Marc Shaiman → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (musical)

Marc Shaiman → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Corey Reynolds → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Corey Reynolds → performedIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Broadway production of Hairspray

The Wiz Live! → followedBy → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray Live!

Zadan/Meron Productions → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

launched Diana DeGarmo’s recording and stage career → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

subject surface form: Diana DeGarmo

this entity surface form: Hairspray (Broadway production)

Harvey Fierstein → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Andrew Rannells → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Diana DeGarmo → performedIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (musical)

Scott Wittman → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Scott Wittman → wroteLyricsFor → Hairspray ⓘ

Scott Wittman → coCreated → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (stage musical)

Storyline Entertainment → produced → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Storyline Entertainment → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Zac Efron → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Zac Efron → portrayedIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Michael Ball → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Dove Cameron → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray Live!

Bojan Bazelli → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Bojan Bazelli → workedOn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Laura Bell Bundy → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Adam Shankman → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Adam Shankman → directed → Hairspray ⓘ

Michelle Pfeiffer → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

James D. Stern → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (Broadway musical)

Paul Dooley → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)

Shaftesbury Theatre → notableProduction → Hairspray ⓘ

John Travolta → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

James Marsden → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

George Wendt → appearedIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (stage production)

Jack O’Brien → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Dana Elaine Owens → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

Michael Tronick → notableWork → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Michael Tronick → workedOn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film)

Jerry Stiller → workedOn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)

Tracy Turnblad → appearsIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (1988 film)

Tracy Turnblad → appearsIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2002 stage musical)

Tracy Turnblad → appearsIn → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (2007 film adaptation)

Tracy Turnblad → fictionalUniverse → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray universe

Good Morning Baltimore → partOf → Hairspray ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hairspray (musical)