Are there 2 versions of hairspray?

Question

hairspray was just on TBS, and zac effron, john trovolta, and amanda bynes all werent in it. the main character was the same though.

Answer 1

The original had Ricky Lake in it and the remake from last year had Queen Latifah in it

Answer 2

oh yeah..

latest one is with zac efron, michelle pfeiffer, james marsden, nikki blonsky, amanda byne, queen latifah, and john travolta

Answer 3

Yeh there was one in the 80s?

I think it was around then.

Rikki Lake was in it.

Answer 4

yea theres an old one and the one that just came out like a year ago

Answer 5

ya... hairspray aaaaand

hairgel

lol i couldnt help myself sorry

there was an old one back in the day, the new one is a remake ;)

Answer 6

Yes. there is the original version with Ricki Lake, which was a film with music.

It went to Broadway to be a musical and then the broadway version was made into a film (Mel Brooks did the same thing with the Producers)

Answer 7

The musical is based on the straight non-musical comedy by John Waters who also wrote the book for the musical version. The one you refer to starred Divine,Sonny Bono<Debbie harry and Mink Stole

Answer 8

there was one made in the 80's with Ricki Lake