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 ...

Edna is then arrested because she refuses to back down. Her friends cheer for her and her act of solidarity. Nikki Blonsky blasted to fame thanks to her role in Hairspray as Tracy Turnblad.

Niki Metcalf employs her soaring voice and plucky personality to make Tracy Turnblad ... embodies the soul of “Hairspray.” Levitt and Ralph Prentice Daniel (as Edna’s devoted husband Wilbur ...

With a message about accepting ourselves and each other while celebrating and embracing our diversity, this Hairspray felt ... performance as Tracy’s mother, Edna. This is not drag or female ...

As Motormouth Maybelle, Deidre Lang was a vocal powerhouse. Of course, the big catch to Hairspray is Tracy’s mother Edna played by a man. Greg Kalafatas gave a lively performance first as a ...

Nikki Blonsky starred in Hairspray, earning critical ... is still excellent as Edna Turnblad. However, it's Nikki Blonsky as Tracy Turnblad, who's the real star of the film. Tracy's unshakable ...

“Hairspray” star Nikki Blonsky was just ... and recalled how Travolta — who dressed in drag and played Tracy’s mom, Edna — helped build her confidence. “‘Always be yourself.’ ...

Set in 1962 Baltimore, “Hairspray,” running though Sunday ... I’m a Big Girl Now,” with Tracy and Edna, Velma and Amber, and Penny and her mother, Prudy (Emmanuelle Zeesman, who plays ...

"Hairspray,” which won eight 2003 Tony awards including best musical and score, explores beauty, gender and race during the early Civil Rights Era as Edna’s daughter Tracy pushes to integrate ...

When thinking about the Hairspray the movie, there is often one luscious character that immediately comes to mind: Tracy's mom, Edna, played in the film by the large and lovely cross-dresser Divine.

A touring version of “Hairspray,” inhabiting two of ... Levitt and Ralph Prentice Daniel, as Edna’s loving husband, Tracy’s supportive dad and proprietor of the Hardy Har Hut joke shop ...