Omgomgomg. Just listen, to the cast they’ve assembled so far for the big Hairspray Live! event coming to TV, December 7:
Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle!!! Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton!!!! Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad!!! Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad!!!! Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle!!! Derek Hough as Corny Collins!!! Somebody named Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad….
And now they’ve just added yummy Teen Beach SUPERSTAR and ZacEfronnabe Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin!!!
Could you just SCREAM?
Oh! Oh! And Dove Cameron as Amber Von Tussle!!! DOVE CAMERON! OMG! Now, I’m not actually acquainted with this Dove girl, but apparently she’s YOOOOOOOOGE with the tween set. She plays the incredibly demanding dual role of both title characters in the Disney Channel teen sitcom Liv and Maddie. AND: She also starred as Maleficent‘s daughter Mal in the Disney TV movie Descendants, so she obviously has some acting chops.
I’m telling you, I haven’t been THIS excited for a TV musical since, um, Grease Live! a few months ago.
#HairsprayLive Recruits Disney Channel Stars to Play Amber and Link https://t.co/CbxKaUBdzN pic.twitter.com/s5sST0v8st
— TVLine.com (@TVLine) August 2, 2016