If you're not tweeting about 'Hairspray Live' did you even watch it?

You can't stop the tweets.
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Erin Strecker
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The latest entry into NBC's live musical oeuvre, Hairspray Live!, aired Wednesday night and -- as anyone who watched Sound of Music Live! or The Wiz Live! is well aware -- half the fun of these giant productions is watching it with your friends.

And by "friends" of course we mean fellow musical theater nerds on Twitter.

Below are some second-screen highlights from the three-hour broadcast.


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First of all, Dove Cameron was definitely a breakout star.

Never fear: By the end, Ariana Grande went all pop star.

There was, of course, also some troll-y reminders that Fox's Grease Live (directed by Hamilton's Thomas Kail) is still the brightest star.

We can only dream.

But it's important to remember the golden rule of these broadcasts.

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