When she’s chosen to perform and gains instant celebrity, the plus-sized dynamo uses it to fight the show’s whites-only rule. “Hairspray Live!” is set in 1962 Baltimore, where “The Corny Collins Show” is TV’s hot dance program and the focus of teen Tracy Turnblad’s dreams. ![]() ![]() With the country in a “divisive place,” he said, viewers are eager for entertainment “that can be really healing.” “People already were excited about it, but after the election they were saying, ‘Boy, do we need this now,’” Meron said recently on a Universal Studios set as the cast rehearsed “I Can Hear the Bells” for Wednesday’s telecast (8-11 p.m.
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