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Native son John Waters filmed the original Hairspray movie in 1988, a love story to 1962 Baltimore, MD. The entire movie was filmed in Baltimore, MD. The cast included notables such as Sonny Bono, Jerry Stiller, Debbie Harry, Josh Charles, Divine, and new comer Ricki Lake. It was such a success that Waters turned the movie into a Broadway musical, also a huge success. Up until December 2008, the show continued to play on Broadway in the Neil Simon Theatre. A new movie cast was chosen, and in 2007, Waters released the musical version of Hairspray, filmed in Toronto. The cast included notables such as John Travolta, Zac Efron, Amanda Bynes, Christopher Walken, Michelle Pfeiffer, James Marsden, Allison Janey, Queen Latifah, and new comer Nikki Blonsky. Of course, I am partial to the movie's setting in Baltimore, being a native myself and still living nearby.

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