Edna Turnblad isn’t a drag-queen part. It has become a tradition for men to play her, as with Peter Pan, where it is always played by a woman. Why, I don’t know.

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To transmogrify Bruce Vilanch into Edna Turnblad, the zaftig middle-aged mother in Hairspray, John Waters’ movie-turned-Tony-Award-winning-musical, which […] Skip to content All Sections ...

Except for their big hair, chubby girls and matronly mothers like Tracy and Edna Turnblad are out of the mainstream. But when Tracy wins a spot on the show and sets the.

This week: Rita Ryack, costume designer for “Hairspray,” talks about what went into creating John Travolta’s wardrobe as Edna Turnblad. COSTUME design is an illustrative, interpretive ...

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 ...

After a full day of teaching, he donned his 40-pound costume to become super-size Edna Turnblad, and sing and dance (wearing high heels) ...

The actor was offered the part of Edna Turnblad after the musical's creative team saw him compete on "Drag Race." "Hairspray" arrives at the Opera House Tuesday.

Protests, outrage, the continued fight for inclusion, and the occasional musical number. Marshall County Democratic Party ...

"Hairspray" opened on Broadway in 2002 with Harvey Fierstein as Edna Turnblad. ... as being a man in a dress feels like a statement as transgender people across the U.S. are attacked.

In the beginning, Divine played the role of Edna Turnblad. And the first day on the set of "Hairspray," I didn't recognize him. I thought it was another neighborhood woman watching the shoot. We ...