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Video: Hairspray Fan TrailerOriginal at AOL Video
• Tue, May 5
• 3 related articles
A trailer i made for the movie version of Hairspraymy first fan trailer, so please comment! :]Cast:John Travolta - Edna TurnbladMichelle Pfeiffer ... video.aol.com
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Video: JOHN TRAVOLTA TRANSFORMS INTO A WOMAN
Original at AOL Video
• Mon, Apr 13
John Travolta dons a 30 pound fat suit and high heels to play Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. video.aol.com
Video: Hairspray: Can't Stop the Beat London West End Cast BBC Children in Need 2008Original at YouTube
• Sat, Nov 15
By rss@youtube.com (sim8079) This is the London stage version of the hit musical Hairspray starring Michael Ball playing Edna, with Ian Talbot as Wilbur Turnblad, Charlotte Riby as Tracy, Liz Robertson as Velma, Paul Manuel as Corny Collins, Elinor Collett as Penny, Ben James-Ellis as Link and Sandra Marvin as Moto...
Video: You Can't Stop The Beat Reprise - Hairspray London CastOriginal at YouTube
• Tue, Sep 9
By rss@youtube.com (hairspraylondon1) Please Comment It'll Be Cool To Hear What You All Think] You Can't Stop the Beat Reprise performed by the London Cast of Hairspray. Velma = Tracie Bennett Wilbur = Dermot Canavan (understudy) Edna = Adam Price (understudy) Motormouth = Johnnie Fiori Amber = Rachel Wooding
Micky Dolenz to Join HAIRSPRAY in London Feb. 2, 2010; Conley Rejoins as Turnblad
Original at westend.broadwayworld.com
• Thu, Nov 26
• 2 related articles
Micky is joined by Brian Conley, reprising the role of Wilbur's larger than life wife Edna Turnblad and Chloe Hart, who continues her run as their daughter, ... Brian Conley to Return to West End's Hairspray, Joined by Former Monkees Star ...PlaybillArts
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BWW INTERVIEWS: HAIRSPRAY London's New Edna PHILL JUPITUS
Original at Broadway World
• Thu, Nov 19
and I finish in Hairspray at the end of January, so I'll have to have a real think about what to do next... Phill stars as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray at ...
Phil Jupitus and Belinda Carlisle pit on a little Hairspray - West End Theatre News
Original at westendshowslondon.com
• Mon, Sep 7
Phil Jupitus and Belinda Carlisle pit on a little Hairspray West End Theatre News (blog) Juptius, best known for the BBC2?s Never Mind the Buzzcocks, will take on the role of Edna Turnblad replacing previous actor?s Brian Conley and Michael Ball ...
John Pinette
Original at The Independent Weekly
• Wed, Aug 12
He's also appeared in Broadway's Hairspray as Edna Turnblad and does a lovely rendition of "Somewhere Over the Rainbow." Pinette appears at Goodnight's ...
Comic/writer Bruce Vilanch appearance...
Original at Cape Gazette
• Wed, Aug 12
Comic/writer Bruce Vilanch appearance to benefit CAMP Rehoboth Aug. 15 On Broadway, he's played Edna Turnblad in the musical “Hairspray” and is known as one of the most outrageous comedy writers in the business. ...
Ball, Jones And James-Ellis Play Fina...
Original at Broadway World
• Sat, Jul 25
the producers of "HAIRSPRAY" will welcome Brian Conley to the role of larger-than-life 'Edna Turnblad' in the hit musical, currently playing at London's ... Ball and Jones Play Final Performance in London Hairspray July 25Playbill.com
Holly Hills students make a study in wax
Original at phillyBurbs.com
• Mon, Jun 15
PA Sophie Krouse researched John Travolta and dressed as his character, Edna Turnblad, from the movie “Hairspray.” Krouse said the best part was researching all of his movies. The hardest part, she said, was staying still because her arm got tired from ...
Top 10 comedians from Boston: 9 John Pinette
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 11
He also had a successful run on Broadway as Edna Turnblad in the musical “Hairspray.” There are few comics that can rant about the number of topics that Pinette does and stay clean but with his delivery you for don't actually realize how clean he is. ...
Seattle's the new birthplace of Broadway hits
Original at seattlepi.com
• Sat, Jun 6
Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad in "Hairspray" at the 5th Avenue Theatre in 2002. "Hairspray" went from Seattle to a very successful run on Broadway. Increasingly producers are testing plays in Seattle before trying to make the jump to New York. ...
Power & Grace: Vocal dynamo Mosser loving opportunity to play same ...
Original at Schenectady Gazette
• Thu, May 28
NY Saunders played Henry Higgins in “My Fair Lady” and Edna Turnblatt in “Hairspray” last summer at Mac-Haydn. “John is one of the best comic actors I've ever worked with, and there was no doubt that he could nail the character of Uncle Willie,” said ...
Brian Conley takes over as Edna in HAIRSPRAY
Original at Broadway World
• Tue, Apr 21
• 2 related articles
NY gt;Conley makes West End comeback in Hairspray London Theatre Guide Hairspray cast changes from 27 July 2009 London Theatre Guide - Online Exclusive: Presenter Collins in talks to join cast of Hairspray Stage Hamilton Spectator - Show and Stay
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Brian Conley to Replace Michael Ball in London Hairspray
Original at TheaterMania.com
• Wed, Apr 15
• 2 related articles
NY Brian Conley will return to the West End this summer when he takes over the role of Edna Turnblad from Michael Ball in the award-winning production of the musical Hairspray at the Shaftesbury Theatre on June 27. Ball, who concludes his run on June 25, ...
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'Hairspray' comes to Eisenhower Hall Theatre Sunday
Original at Times Herald-Record
• Thu, Mar 26
NY That would be the typical sound-bite answer," laughs Jerry O'Boyle, who plays Edna Turnblad in the touring production of "Hairspray." "The truth is, for me, it's a very personal experience and private journey." O'Boyle has been playing Edna since June ...
Adam Shankman Divulges More New Hairspray 2 Details
Original at First Showing
• Mon, Jan 5
By Alex Billington As for the ensemble cast, most of them are expected to return, although nothing has been confirmed just yet. Shankman did say that Michelle Pfeiffer (as Velma Von Tussle) won't be returning, citing a "change in villains." As for the rumors about John Travolta not returning as Edna Turnblad...
Who's the 'Bearish Showbiz Fixture' With a Taste for Latino Boys? [Blind Item Guessing Game]
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Nov 26
By Sheila Harvey Fierstein, who plays Edna (while wearing a fat suit) in the about-to-close Broadway production of Hairspray, is also known for holding weekly poker games in the theater's basement. The Observer's Spencer Morgan attended recently. Aside from being attacked by a barrage of friend...
(Fic) Bountiful (Hairspray, Maybelle/Edna, PG)
Original at Femmeslash
• Fri, Aug 8
By Salmon Pink Fandom: Hairspray (2007 movieverse) Pairing: Maybelle/Edna Rating: PG Words: 758 Notes: For [info] 10lilies, prompt "a keepsake". Summary: Having her cake, and eating it too. ( She feels younger than she has in years, lighter in the way ...
Moviegoers Pronounce 'Chuck and Larry' Delightful, Fake-Gay Fun For the Whole Family!
Original at Defamer
• Mon, Jul 23
By Mark John Travolta's obsessive attention to the details of his transformation into the iconic Edna Turnblad seems to have paid dividends, as exit-polling revealed that 63% of moviegoers found the superstar "completely convincing" as "the most terrifying post-op Baltimore housefrau ev...
Matt Budd: Tracy Turnblad for President
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Jul 22
By Matt Budd I was lucky enough to go attend the premiere of Hairspray last week at the Ziegfield. And lucky is the key word. The film is really great. At first when I heard the were bringing the 1988 John Waters film back to the big screen with John Travolta, I was not that thrilled. What could he do with Edna Tur...
Opinion: Kate Clinton: Hairspray
Original at Huffington Post
• Fri, Jul 20
By Kate Clinton In most press junkets interviews, Travolta has said that he is not playing a gay character and Scientology is not homophobic. Therefore it is so. He said he wanted the challenge of playing Edna so that the audience would just see Edna, a vulnerable, voluptuous housewife gone to flesh, not Jo...
'Grease' and 'Grease 2': Where Are They Now?
Original at Cinematical
• Thu, Jul 19
By Patricia Chui When John Travolta was cast as shy, overweight housewife Edna Turnblad in the movie musical Hairspray -- a role originated by drag, um, heavyweights Divine and Harvey Fierstein -- much was made of the fact that Travolta would be singing and dancing once again, a la Danny Zuko in Grease. (We...
"He did not want to resemble a refrigerator or Jabba the Hutt, he said, but Sophia Loren with a couple of hundred extra pounds."Original at Althouse
• Sat, Jul 14
By Ann Althouse His Edna, unlike the greasy Gorgon created by Divine in the 1988 John Waters original or the Kabuki hausfrau rendered so memorably by Harvey Fierstein in the 2002 Broadway musical adaptation, has cleavage and a waist and a kind of geologic sex appeal....
John Travolta on his kids and their different personalities
Original at Celebrity Baby Blog
• Wed, Jun 13
By Katherine, CBB Contributor Long-time actor John Travolta, 53, will be appearing in the movie adaptation of Hairspray, in a role he has never done before:a charming housewife named Edna. John sits down with Reader's Digest and opens up about Jett, 15, and Ella,...