I'm hitting the town! — Page 2

Ive just got in from a few little glasses of champer's at Kettners . All that talk took me there after second acting 'Zorro'. The place was heaving and everyone was having the best of times. The 'Zorro' crowd were having a right fiesta too! What a shame its closing and its business is doing really well after putting its notice up.

And Edna played by a man - I just didn't get it - it just seemed purely contrived and gimmicky.

Ahhh...so you didn't see the original film, I take it? The character of Edna was created for the legendary drag artist, Devine, and the casting of a man in the role in the stage production was not only a tribute to the late actor, but fits perfectly into the show's theme of embracing people for who they are, not what they look like. I think the show would lose so much if the role were played by a woman. I guess the intentional camp humor is an acquired taste. I found the entire musical to be right in line with the spirit of the original John Waters film which I loved so much, I saw it six times in its original release.

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