THEATER

Immersive 'Hairspray'

Actors Theatre of Little Rock is putting on an "immersive" production of "Hairspray" (music by by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Mark O'Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on John Waters' 1988 film), 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, Dec. 10-13 and Dec. 17-19, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Dec. 20 at Quapaw Quarter United Methodist Church, 1601 Louisiana St., Little Rock. ("Immersive" means the action takes place throughout the play space and includes portions of the audience.)

Emily Swenskie plays plus-sized, early '60s Baltimore teen Tracy Turnblad, who, finally achieving her goal of getting to dance on TV's "Corny Collins Show," decides to use her status to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen (Mackenzie Burks), win the affections of heartthrob Link L

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