Dancers in Baltimore competed Thursday for a spot on NBC's "Hairspray Live!" The hopefuls started lining up at 8 a.m. outside the Hippodrome Theatre. Confidence was also a necessity for those who ...

The "Corny Collins Show" in Hairspray is loosely based on the Baltimore teen dance program called the "Buddy Deane Show." One Baltimore woman fought to get black teens on the popular show back in ...

“Hairspray Live” is set to air at 8 p.m. Dec. 7 on WBAL-TV. The show is set in Baltimore in the 1960's and the TV broadcast event will pay homage to Charm City.

The "Corny Collins Show" in Hairspray is loosely based on the Baltimore teen dance program called the "Buddy Deane Show." One Baltimore woman fought to get black teens on the popular show back in 1958 ...

Buddy Deane was the host of a Baltimore dance show that ran on TV from 1957 to 1964 six days a week. The show featured only white kids dancing, so Scruggs wrote him a letter in the fall of 1958 to ...