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 ...

“Take everything you have learned about Nina West and throw it out the window,” Jack O’Brien, original Broadway director of “Hairspray,” advised Andrew Levitt in preparation for his role as Edna ...

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 ...

The musical tells the story of teenager Tracy Turnblad (Niki Metcalf), who becomes an overnight sensation when her dance moves win her a role on "The Corny Collins Show." Levitt stars in the Shubert’s ...

Drag legend Ginger Minj will make her Broadway Sacramento debut as Edna Turnblad in Hairspray. A Broadway At Music Circus ...

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 ...