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 ...

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.

Hairspray 8pm Tue-Fri, 2pm & 8pm Sat, 2pm & 7:30pm Sun Through Dec 5 $24.50-71.50 Majestic Theatre 208 E. Houston 226-5700 ...

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 ...

Interview: Greg Kalafatas Says When It Comes To HAIRSPRAY, 'You Can't Stop the Beat' Kalafatas plays Edna Turnblad, the zaftig housewife-and-laundress with a big heart. at Emerson Colonial Theatre.

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.

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.

And while “Hairspray” is less a drag show and more a show that features a man in drag — Levitt’s character, Edna, is protagonist Tracy Turnblad’s doting mother, famously played in ...

"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.