Arike Rice

Pleasantly plump teenager Tracy Turnblad auditions to be on Baltimore's most popular dance show - The Corny Collins Show - and lands a prime spot. Through her newfound fame, she becomes determined to help her friends and end the racial segregation that has been a staple of the show.

A trio of female soul singers cross over to the pop charts in the early 1960s, facing their own personal struggles along the way.