Nikki Blonsky on Getting the Part in Hairspray

Nikki Blonsky reveals the unique and sneaky way the producers of HAIRSPRAY sprung the news that she had been cast as Tracy Turnblad.

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Set in Baltimore during the 1960s dance TV craze, a zaftig high school hairhopper, Tracy Turnblad, graduates from outsider to celebrity trendsetter and along the way she stars on "The Corny Collins Show," wins the heart of resident hunk Link Larkin and kicks down the barriers for black and white integration on local television.