Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
#1Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:32am
http://hairspray.lastminuteliving.com/photos/production_images/edna059_retouch.html
Michael looks SO funny! Not fat enough tho :P
mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#2re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 4:40am
Wow, She's so cute!
He looks like a real woman.
-Adam Shankman.
"I haven't left this building since Windows 3.1!"
"Celebrating a birthday this week: Rene Descartes is 412! Do you know who he is? Then why are you watching this show? You could probably get into college and even get one of those job things. As for the rest of us; Amanda Bynes is 22! Yay!"
-E!'s "The Soup"
#3re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 5:30amFANTASTIC! but needs just a bit of fattening up, doesnt look much of a triple E to me.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#4re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 6:05amMichael looks great!!! It's difficult to see, as the close up shot is so close up and the full length one has Mel there but I'm not sure to much more padding is needed. Edna looked a little over padded in the film I thought.
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#5re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:13am
He looks terrific. Just terrific.
Great casting choice, and from the video blog on Hairspray's London website is really excited to be playing the role.
Thank you Marc Shaiman! Can't wait to see your London Edna.
#6re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:18am
well, now that those pictures got out (and I wonder how!), I hope more do from that photo session, cause there are others even more fantastic
I am over in London now, and the cast is PHENOMENAL. We are over the moon happy.
And believe you me, I am adding and adjusting Edna's vocals for Michael Ball (who, by the way, is inSANE!!), and the West End production is definitely NOT going to be just a carbon copy of any before.
I hope we can get a new cast recording!
-Marc
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#7re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:24am
Mr. Shaiman, you aren't the only one hoping for a London cast recording!
I know I'd love to see some more pictures from that photo session.
So...could you possibly give any hints about what tinkering you're doing to Edna's vocals?
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Joined: 12/31/69
#8re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:40am
"Mr. Shaiman, you aren't the only one hoping for a London cast recording!
I know I'd love to see some more pictures from that photo session.
So...could you possibly give any hints about what tinkering you're doing to Edna's vocals?"
You took the words out of my mouth :) lol!!!
#9re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:52am
buy a ticket and you'll find out!!!
Marc Shillman
jo
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 7:57am
Marc,
Michael Ball fans are all very excited about the London HAIRSPRAY...some of us are coming from halfway across the world or across the pond to see Michael and the rest of the cast give us a great time onstage!
Please help make our wish for a London cast CD come true.
Michael is not only an excellent musical theatre performer but he does have a great sense of humour ( go ask Mr. Sondheim about it 
).
Thanks!
Jo ( Manila, Philippines)
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#11re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:00am
Dear Mr. Shaiman,
Already have tix, actually :)
Carol
MungoGypsy8232
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/07
#12re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:24amWas that Tracy ever in anything on tv because she looks incredibly familiar?
#13re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:26amI cant even recognise him, good job.
#14re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:33am
Wow he really looks fantastic!
What a beauty!
#15re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:38amHe's gorgeous, if a bit too slim. Leanne Jones is a bit of a slim Tracy as well, but the whole trio looks just great. Michael Ball knows how to have fun with a role, and I think he's going to have a blast with this one.
-Kad
"I have also met him in person, and I find him to be quite funny actually. Arrogant and often misinformed, but still funny."
-bjh2114 (on Michael Riedel)
#16re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:44amI'm sure Jones is great but she looks way too skinny for Tracy, IMO.
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Joined: 12/31/69
#17re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:47am
That's got to be the most glammed-up Edna I've ever seen. Awesomeness. The blonde curls make me wish he was playing Velma instead. Can't you just see him screaming out Miss Baltimore Crabs, especially in this pose?
ThankstoPhantom
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/05
#18re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:54am
It's almost spooky how real it looks. I am happy he looks like a real woman and not a cartoon.
And Marc: Great idea, adjusting the vocals! Take advantage of Ball's skills, for sure!
suttonfan2
Chorus Member Joined: 8/4/06
#19re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:55amIs it me or does he look Elaine Paige in some of them? No offense, Ms. Paige you are stunning......
shesamarshmallow
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/23/06
#20re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:59amIf they make a new cast recording, I'll buy three!
CDuffy5062
Understudy Joined: 6/18/04
#21re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 8:59am
Additional pictures now up at the Hairspray London website.
Updated On: 8/22/07 at 08:59 AM
#22re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:00am
"If they make a new cast recording, I'll buy three!"
I'll second that!
Basia
Swing Joined: 8/22/07
#23re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:02amPicture beyond fantastic. Edna is a winner. Love the family also. Are these people to be Americans in the production or a transplanted British family. If the show is about acceptance could we have immigrants included in this version?
Lori
Featured Actor Joined: 9/8/03
#24re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:02am
He looks fabulous...just fabulous. The whole cast looks like they are having a great time.
As for a new Cast Recording...from your keyboard to God's ears Marc.
Glad to hear that you are having fun with this cast, and that you are adjusting and adding some vocals for Michael. Saw him in Kismet at the ENO in July and he has never sounded better.
Can't wait to the West End Production in November. All the best to the cast and creatives!
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