Hairspray (2007 soundtrack) character, Tracy Turnblad: the 1988 film's Ricki Lake, the Broadway production's Marissa Jaret Winokur, and this film's Nikki Blonsky. Harvey Fierstein, who played Edna in the original Broadway production, also has a vocal cameo at the end of this track. Several of the songs from the Broadway musical had their lyrics altered and/or verses removed for use in the film version. These songs include "(The Legend of) Miss Baltimore Crabs", "Welcome to the 60s", "Big, Blonde and Beautiful", "Without Love", "(It's) Hairspray", "You Can't Stop the Beat", et cetera. In 2016, a vinyl edition of the album was released and
Ricki and the Flash consensus reads, "Meryl Streep's outstanding work helps "Ricki and the Flash" overcome its inconsistent tone and fairly-predictable premise." Metacritic gives the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on reviews from 36 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". CinemaScore announced that audiences gave the film an average grade of "B" on an A+ to F scale. IGN gave the film a score of 7.8/10, saying, ""Ricki and the Flash" offers a breezy, heartwarming, if somewhat manufactured tale about an aging rocker reconnecting with her family". Ricki and the Flash Ricki and the Flash is a 2015 American comedy-drama