The local musical theater nonprofit company is running a production of the Tony Award-winning show at the end of August.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "I've felt they were my queer parents in a way," says Nina, who hopes her interpretation of the character — the agoraphobic, ...

Andrew Levitt, a.k.a. drag queen Nina West from Season 11 of “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” acknowledges that he has a tendency, at times, to “get in my own way” as a performer. In the new touring version of ...

John Pinette (left) in the Hairspray role Divine made famous: Edna Turnblad, stage mom extraordinaire to plucky Tracy Turnblad. Comedian John Pinette puts on the curves for one of Broadway’s hottest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When Andrew Levitt was performing at Columbus clubs as drag queen Nina West, he didn’t expect to star in a tour of one of Broadway ...

Edna Turnblad is a role in Hairspray, a musical that opened West End in 2021. Look who's back! Don't miss Michael Ball reprising his Olivier Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray the ...

The amazing Harvey Fierstein is reprising his role as Tracy Turnblad's mom in NBC's Hairspray Live! Fierstein won a Tony Award for "best actor in a musical" for playing Edna Turnblad in Hairspray on ...

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 were ...