To the vast unknown, the sacred doubt, The question before the answer, The silence before the word— We speak. We do not know what You are, Or if You are, Or if knowing matters. But in the ...

Waters' muse, Divine, earned praise for playing the overweight and overbearing Edna Turnblad. A pair of musicians, the late Sonny Bono and Blondie icon Deborah Harry, also scored positive feedback ...

In the revival, Olivier Award-winner Michael Ball makes his return to the role of Edna Turnblad opposite one of the UK's greatest comedians, Paul Merton, who makes his West End musical debut as ...

I was reminded of the 1998 motion picture Pleasantville while watching this production of Hairspray – a world where certain ...

In 2016, Fierstein reprised his iconic Broadway role as Edna Turnblad in NBC’s Hairspray Live!, to great acclaim. It's widely considered one of the greatest comedic performances in modern ...

“In the plot, Tracy Turnblad does not think her mother is trans,” said Waters said of Ricki Lake’s young female protagonist, whose mother, Edna Turnblad, is portrayed by Divine. “It’s a ...

Waters' muse, Divine, earned praise for playing the overweight and overbearing Edna Turnblad. A pair of musicians, the late Sonny Bono and Blondie icon Deborah Harry, also scored positive feedback ...

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