Matthew Morrison and Marissa Jaret Winokur Reunite with 'Hairspray' Cast 20 Years Later — Watch!

Mar. 15, 2025

Photo: Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic; Matthew Morrison Instagram

Matthew MorrisonandMarissa Jaret Winokurreunited with their originalHairspraycast members earlier this month and turns out, they still know all their moves!

The two actors — who played lovebirds Link Larkin and Tracy Turnblad in the musical — got all dolled up for a private gathering at New York City’s 54 Below on Aug. 15 where they sang and danced alongside former costars Harvey Fierstein,Laura Bell Bundy, Linda Hart, John Hill, Shoshana Bean and more.

Bean, 44, organized the reunion, which occurred asHairspraycelebrated 20 years since its debut at the Neil Simon Theatre. The musical opened on Aug. 15, 2002 and would go on to win 8 Tony awards including best musical, best score (for Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman’s beloved songs) and leading actor trophies for Winokur and Feirstein.

Before their night out, Morrison, 43, and Winokur, 49, took a dance down memory lane in the rehearsal room, where they performed Jerry Mithcell’s Tony-nominated choreography again.

“Last week we celebrated the 20 year anniversary of our big fat beautiful hitHairspray,” Bean, 44, wrote on Instagram. “I thought it would be fun to get the original gang back together to see if our 40 and 50 something year old bodies could still manage [Mitchell’s] choreo 20 years later.”

“I’d say we still got it,” Bean added. “The elders tried to tell us kiddos way back then…we didn’t listen. But now we know. Families and experiences and gifts likeHairspraycome around once in a lifetime IF you’re lucky. Damn are we lucky.”

“In 20 years of being in the Broadway community, have I ever had a family like this from a show?” Bean told the camera in one video.

“Everyone looks better than ever, and it’s 20 years later!” Daniella Eugenia Wilson, who played Little Inez, said in one of the videos.

Morrison’sHairsprayreunion comes three months after heleft his role onSo You Think You Can Dancebefore the end of the show’s 17th season after it was discovered he did “not follow competition production protocols.”

A source later told PEOPLE Morrison wasfired from the series for sending a female contestant “flirty” messagesthat made her “uncomfortable,” but Morrison defended himself in anInstagram videoposted June 2, saying that he messaged the dancer “because [we] both share a mutual respect for a choreographer that I’ve known for over 20 years and I was trying to help her get a job as a choreographer on the show.”

Last Tuesday, theGleealum celebratedHairspray’s 20th anniversary in a separateInstagram post, sharing video and photos from the 54 Below bash.

“This weekend’s festivities celebrating the 20th anniversary ofHairspray’s opening night on Broadway was invigorating for my soul,” Morrison himself wrote in the post’s caption. “I was reminded of the 23 year old version of me, living my dream.”

Winokur also shared her memories, posing alongside a photo of musical’s signature poster.

“20 years later,” she wrote. “I remember flying into NYC for this photo shoot! I was so excited . I didn’t know at the time that people would love our show or that we would be a big Fat Hit … I didn’t know that 20 years later my face would still be onPlaybills !!”

“I was however present for everything,” she added. “I remember all the little moments that changed my life.Hairspraywas never about the job, it was always about the DREAMS!!!”

“What an amazing day!!,” she said in a follow-up post.“My heart explodes watching this group back together!! We all look the same and could do the show obviously today !! ONCE FULLOUT😆😆😆 I love you myHairsprayfam and am grateful for this memory.”

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Hairsprayis adapted from John Waters’s 1988 film of the same name.

source: people.com