NBC has announced their next live musical will be Hairspray.  Kinda soon for a new version of that great show, but anything to get the taste of Travolta out of my mouth, so to speak.  I hear that there is already a Link on board – Nick Jonas is all guaranteed to reprise the role he played at the Hollywood Bowl in 2011.  And it’s a no-brainer that Harvey Fierstein should get the chance to immortalize his inimitable Edna for posterity – to say nothing of posterior!  Plus, he’s already got an in with the producers – he revamped the book for The Wiz: LIVE!  While we’d all love to see the original Tracy from the musical play the role, Marissa Jaret Winokur has made it clear via Facebook that won’t happen.  “Thank you all for your delusional support that I could play a 16-year-old!  We are all VERY excited for ‘Hairspray’ on NBC, but ‘Mamma I’m an OLD girl now…welcome to my 40s!'”  That said, she make a formidable Miss Baltimore Crabs or Mrs. Pingleton…or the gym teacher!  Lastly, I think it’s obvious that Motormouth Mabel should be played by Black-ish breakout star, Jenifer Lewis.  After all, the part was written for her, she did the original demos and workshop, and eventually starred in the Broadway production.  DUH!