Do you see TRAVOLTA as EDNA? ;-)

Hello,
If you loved Hairspray like I do and you want to see Harvey Fierstein as Edna please write a letter to:
Mr Mark Kaufman
c/o New Line
888 7th Avenue
NY NY 10106

Thank you.

Updated On: 3/4/05 at 06:09 PM

MUNK!
Travolta should be Wilbur!

Updated On: 3/1/05 at 06:10 PM

Honey,
I am missing a very important body part.
But thanks.

And if Marc and Scott decided to let a woman play Edna, Bette would be the only choice.
Bette Midler that is. The Divine one could replace Divine.

Updated On: 3/1/05 at 06:14 PM

That's a good idea! I just might do that.

Rent fans should write to Chris Columbus too, about the RENT movie. He said that the theme of the musical was "accepting people who are different", which it is NOT.

Anyway, great idea Corine!

playbill_singer : do you know in what interview/response he said that? I'd like to hear the rest of his opinions on the movie. I dont think that's the theme either.

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So you're suggesting we write him a letter to say we don't agree? Right.

That is one of the themes of RENT, and I think it's one of the more prominant RENT themes, especially with this crap administration, the times we're living in, and taking into consideration that it's not just in a theatre anymore - it will be released nation wide and seen by millions of people. I don't think he's wrong in mentioning that as a theme.

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I think that's the theme of Wicked. It's barely on the RENT radar. And yes, this administration sucks, but RENT was written and workshopped during Clinton.

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When Hairspray opens in London later this year, is Corine going to send messages to the producers demanding Harvey play Edna there too??

Well, Harvey originated the role on Broadway, so it'd be cool to have him in the movie so lots of people (and even long into the future) can see him play Edna.

hmm... i could see that...

lol to Beaverhausen

Corny would also work. But i would love to see Bierko as Corny.
Bierko would be the perfect Corny Collins.
Travolta would be better as Wilbur or Mrs Baltimore Crabs if he feels the need to play a woman.
I CAN SEE HIM AS MRS BALTIMORE CRABS.
That would be hilarious. Actually, could John Waters play Wilbur?
He was so funny in the original film.

Munk is right. One of the themes of Rent is live IN the moment, not FOR the moment.

Corine, letter writing campaigns rarely work. Even if you get each of the 43 people in the world who are upset about this casting RUMOR to write, they'll make the decision as they see fit.

It would be great if you could organize a letter writing campaign about something that could change the world. In fact, during the recent media flare-up about rapidly progressing HIV, I was very disappointed to see you, the newly-minted AIDS activist after she saw The Normal Heart, had not ONE thing to contribute. Maybe if The Normal Heart HAD moved to Broadway, you would have remembered how much the cause supposedly means to you.

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