The film and stage musical Hairspray is set in which US City?
Hairspray (2007 film) took place in Toronto, and Hamilton, Ontario, Canada from September 5 – December 8, 2006. "Hairspray" is explicitly set in Baltimore, Maryland and the original 1988 film had been shot on location there, but the 2007 film was shot primarily in Toronto because the city was better equipped with the sound stages necessary to film a musical. The opening shots of the descent from the clouds and the newspaper being dropped onto the stoop are the only times that the actual city of Baltimore is shown in the film. Most of the film was shot at Toronto's Showline Studios. Most
Hairspray (2007 film) Shankman told British press that "Hairspray 2: White Lipstick" was no longer in development. Shankman has also said that there will be no sequel. Hairspray (2007 film) Hairspray is a 2007 musical romantic comedy film based on the 2002 Broadway musical of the same name, which in turn was based on John Waters's 1988 comedy film of the same name. The film was a British-American venture produced by Ingenious Media and Zadan/Meron Productions. Adapted from both Waters's 1988 script and Thomas Meehan and Mark O'Donnell's book for the stage musical by screenwriter Leslie Dixon, the 2007 film version of "Hairspray"