The cast of the motion picture Hairspray released in 2007. It was adapted from the popular Broadway musical which debuted in 2002. Both the stage production and the movie musical are based off of the original film from 1988. The original film, directed by John Ratzenberger, starred Ricki Lake as Tracy and the great Divine as Edna. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.