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| wicked_boy |
Michael Ball as Edna In West End's Hairsprayhttp://www.theatre.com/story/id/3007750 |
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| PappyCat |
How are they going to make him fat? | ||||
| wicked_boy |
I thought havin John in the movie as Edna was bad, but they proved me wrong.
Hopefull Michael will prove me wrong. It's hard to imagine him as Edna though. |
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| pish123c |
Eh, his face seems chubby enough. Then I guess just a fat suit. |
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| velmavontussle |
I think he'll be brilliant in the role. Mel Smith is to play his husband. | ||||
| Jordan |
Indeed, he's umm... Not slim any more. Admittedly not Edna-sized but by NO MEANS slim. |
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| Musical Fanatic!! |
Ben Ellis from Any Dream Will Do is playing Link aswell! | ||||
| The Very Angry Woman |
It's ok, he already did the work for them. |
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| Jordan |
Hey, I already said that!(ish). Get back in your cage, TVAW 
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| velmavontussle |
Leanne Jones newcomer is to play Tracy Turnblad.
Tracie Bennett is to play Velma Von Tussel |
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| Cassie |
I think Michael Ball may just be quite brilliant in this show to.
Perhaps the gained weight is intentional for the role. The fatsuit he wore for Fosco took it's toll on his health in the end. If last time is anything to go by the extra pounds will vanish once they get started with Hairspray. |
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| kiki26 |
I adore Michael Ball and i'm going to see hairspray in november but i'm worried about it! surely his voice is too deep!? in the film john travolta works, you know its a guy but you kind of forget. michael balls voice is just so deep! hopefully he'll be his usual amazing self though! | ||||
| PappyCat |
Harvey Fierstien had a pretty deep voice. I think Wilbur takes the high notes in "Your Timeless to Me" anyway. |
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| Cassie |
I'm there in October. Finding a voice for Edna will be one of the biggest challenges for Michael wont it. Has anyone heard Mel Smith sing before? I think they will work really well together and "Your Timeless to Me" could prove to be one of the highlights of the show. I believe rehearsals start monday. For any MB fans out there His Prom (on the 27th Aug) will be broadcast on radio 3 live from the Royal Albert Hall and also televised on BBC4 that evening. The radio broadcast will be available to hear on listen again for a week afterwards. |
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| xsophiex |
He'll be great I think. When i heard this, I had a very good feeling about it. | ||||
| Cassie |
http://hairspray.lastminuteliving.com/
The Hairspray Blog has just been updated with a new video and two production pictures of Michael and Mel Smith as Edna and Wilbur |
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| wicked_boy |
Wow! |
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| Cassie |
Yes, that about covers it 
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| Quique |
Oh dear. 
What's become of Marius? XD |
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| LaurelDP |
Hahahaha, I hate Michael Ball.
Every time I see him I want to punch him in the face! I'm fine with him as Edna, I think, though.
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| Quique |
^ His hyper 10th anniversay Les Mis performance annoyed you too? XD | ||||
| star2ballie |
Because now he's punching himself in the face... |
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| Cassie |
Blimey talk about bearing a grudge His over excitment at the end of the 10th TAC was endearing imo. I think he was enjoying every last second of it because he knew it was the last time he'd play Marius. End of an era, although I have heard him sing parts of the score in various concerts and he still sings the hell out of them. 
Going on the picture Michael's Edna look is already different from both Fierstien & Travolta's portrayal of her. It's going to be very interesting in October to see the finished character in full flow. |
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| LaurelDP |
Well, yes. But I just hate him and his voice in general. Whenever he sings, no matter what he's singing, all I hear is "Oh man, I'm so good aren't I? Man, listen to me. Whoo, I rock." Hate him. And his face is just extremely punchable. |
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| Glissando |
For some reason, that reminded me of Pearls Before Swine, several years ago, when Rat was running for President, he was chanting "PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! PUNCH HIM IN THE FACE! for some reason...I forget why... |
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| luvinmusicalsfuturestar |
Has anyoe seen the picture of the new west end turnblad family it's hilarious it looks really good too.
I cannot wait until October 20th when i see it.
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| lilmissbroadway |
He actually doesn't look all that bad in drag...... 
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| wicked_boy |
He will be in Hairspray as Edna untill October 2008. | ||||
| Mazz |
And he's bloody good. I had no idea he could act until I saw him in Hairspray. | ||||
| Mistress |
wow...he is actually quite the attractive Edna...for a man in drag I mean...creepy 
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| mastachen |
I saw a video of him on youtube. He sounds and look more like a girl than anybody else I know. | ||||
| music is my life!!! |
i love Micheal Ball, but now when i listen to the LMTAC, i'll just think of him in this and completely go off the idea of playing Cosette! | ||||
| Cassie |
Hear, Hear he is "bloody good" as Edna. |
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| curlyhairedsoprano91 |
Hahaha, until very recently I hadn't seen anything from Michael more recent than the TAC ... and I had a HUGE crush on him ... needless to say  haha. Umm ... yeah. But his Edna is amazing.
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| Cassie |
Michael and Hairspray have been awarded 11 Olivier nominations in this years awards, the most any single production has ever had.
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