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VIDEO: Broadway Kids Jam Releases 'Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now' From HAIRSPRAY

By: Jun. 29, 2018
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Broadway Kids Jam has released their latest jam, "Mama, I'm A Big Girl Now" from the hit Broadway musical, Movie, and live TV broadcast, Hairspray. This jam features Molly Richardson (Matilda), Mckayla Twiggs (Anastasia, Les Miserables, Once), Joshua Turchin (The Pill, TrevorLIVE LA, A Christmas Story the Musical) and Shaina Turchin. See the Broadway Kids Jam video here:

"This was one of my all-time favorite jams!!! It was so much fun to work and make music with such an awesome group of kids," said Mckayla Twiggs. "It was a lot of fun to play the character Ariana Grande (one of my idols) played in Hairspray Live!"

Hairspray Live! featured Maddie Baillio as Tracy Turnblad, Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad, Kristin Chenoweth as Velma Von Tussle, Garrett Clayton as Link Larkin, Ariana Grande as Penny Pingleton, Jennifer Hudson as Motormouth Maybelle, Dove Cameron as Amber Von Tussle, Ephraim Sykes as Seaweed J. Stubbs, Derek Hough as Corny Collins, Martin Short as Wilbur Turnblad and Shahadi Wright Joseph as Little Inez Stubbs. The original Broadway cast of Hairspray included Marissa Jaret Winokur as Tracy, and Harvey Fierstein as Edna. The cast also featured Matthew Morrison as Link, Laura Bell Bundy as Amber, Kerry Butler as Penny, Linda Hart as Velma, Mary Bond Davis as Motormouth Maybelle, Corey Reynolds as Seaweed, Jackie Hoffman as Matron, Dick Latessa as Wilbur, and Clarke Thorell as Corny Collins.

Broadway Kids Jam features kids from various Broadway shows, Broadway national tours, movies, TV shows, animated series and commercials who love to jam and make music.

"Hairspray was one of my favorite musicals when I was younger. It's so much fun to play this music, and even more fun to play it with my friends," said Joshua Turchin.

In addition to this Hairspray jam, other songs from Broadway Kids Jam include "Mean Girls Medley" from Mean Girls the Musical; "Pure Imagination" from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, "Waiting for Life" from Once on this Island, "Frozen Medley" featuring songs from Frozen; "Opening Up" from Waitress; "Sincerely, Me" from Dear Evan Hansen; "This Is Me" from The Greatest Showman; "Imagine" from John Lennon and the Broadway musical Lennon; "Waving Through A Window" from Dear Evan Hansen; "Don't Stop Believin' from Journey and the Broadway musical Rock of Ages; "Seasons of Love" from the Broadway musical Rent; "Prologue" from the hit Broadway musical Natasha Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 starring Josh Groban, and more with more to come. Videos are available on the Broadway Kids Jam YouTube channel.

For more information, follow Broadway Kids Jam on Instagram at http://www.instagram.com/broadwaykidsjam, on Twitter http://www.twitter.com/broadwaykidsjam, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/broadwaykidsjam or visit or subscribe to their YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/c/BroadwayKidsJam.







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