its 1962 and change is in the air in baltimore tracy turnblad a girl with big hair and big dreams has only one passion in life to dance on the corny collins show when her chance arrives she grooves her way into instant stardom and the eyes of teen dream link larkin but with the programs scheming stage manager against her trend setting tracy will need the help of her best friends her big hearted mother and motormouth maybelle to show the world that all you need to make a dream come true is a toe tappin beat and a little hairspray