Billy Eichner Joins Hairspray Live!

Billy Eichner Joins Hairspray Live!

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Billy on the News.

September 21 2016 2:36 PM EST

September 20 2016 10:37 PM EST

In the latest round of casting news for the upcoming Hairspray Live!, Billy Eichner will be joining the production as TV newscaster Rob Barker. Hopefully this means Billy Eichner will be screaming at an audience about the state of racism and segregation in 1960s America, which has always been a low-key dream of ours. Eichner joins an already impressive cast including Kristin Chenoweth, Jennifer Hudson, Rosie O'Donnell, Ariana Grande, Harvey Fierstein, and Andrea Martin.

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