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Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
millie_dillmount
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/22/04
#25re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:08am
"He looks like a real woman."
I agree. Most of the Ednas I've seen you can tell that they are a guy in drag, but Michael Ball actually looks like a woman playing Edna! He looks great!
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#26re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 9:26amWonderful pictures! Congratulations to the whole cast.
#27re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 10:10amI'm not flying to England just to find out. I'll just wait for a bootleg. I'm on Brody & Stacey's mailing list.
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#28re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 10:12amI cannot WAIT to see this! So excited...might...explode...
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Broadway Legend Joined: 7/1/04
#29re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 10:36am
Wow, Michael looks great. I don't like Tracey's look in this photoshoot. She is just a bit to "pageanted" up with her makeup. But I'm sure thats just for this photoshoot, so I'm not too worried.
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#30re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 10:42am
I wonder what that son of a Very Important British Woman is thinking now...?
And
Why don't they get this M'Ball fellow to ply Norma Desmond in the film of Sunset Blvd.?
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#31re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 10:50amHe looks like a real woman! He looks great, although too skinny.
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#32re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:00am
"As for a new Cast Recording...from your keyboard to God's ears Marc."
Adding my plea to the rest for a LCR. :)
Photos are fantastic -- I really didn't recognize Michael at first, but then the cheeky grin gave it a way -- but just a bit. 
#33re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:15am
And to think I spent a couple of my teen years pining after Michael Ball, like so many others. HA!
Although his Edna is rather pretty. It's kind of disconcerting. 
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#34re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:27am
To the person asked if the girl playing Tracey has done anything before the answer is no
This is Leanne Jones first show and im sure she will be amazing, i hope everyone on here routes for her as she has been posting on Broadway World for years and everyone over at West End world who spoke to her is soooooooooo proud of her
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#35re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:35amHe does look amazing! However, he still looks like an old British woman to me and not someone from Baltimore.
#36re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:40amI love all the new pixs!! But Michael DOES look like a woman... she reminds me of ... I mean he reminds me of... Kerry Katona ex-Atomic Kitten member
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TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#37re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 11:41am
His wig needs some back combing.
It's flat.
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sharon1
Broadway Star Joined: 6/3/03
#38re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:06pmI think this show is going to be spectacular. Oh I do hope for a new cast recording. It sounds like you are having a fantastic time, Marc.
#39re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:07pmThis play has hope in London! It really does!!!
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#40re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:12pmWildcard! what British women have you been looking at? Come on!
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#41re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:17pmJust booked my tickets! Michael really does look outrageous, I'm so excited about seeing him now!
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#42re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:21pmI said this on the West End post- he is so pretty! lol
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#43re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:22pmwow he looks so great. I am sure the show is going to be fab.
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#44re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 12:32pm
What fun! I would totally buy a new HAIRSPRAY CD with Michael Ball. I wish I could fly over and see it.
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#45re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:05pm
Brilliant! 
I know Michael has said he wanted to play Edna as a woman, not just a man in drag. I think this look has really achieved this! Quite foxy, really...lol
Excellent job on wig, makeup, and costume. Kudos to the artists doing him up so well. He looks likes he's having a great time on this photoshoot. lol.
I LOVE this show...now I guess I will have to check those frequent flyer miles and see if I can see it on the West End. Seeing Michael in any role is NEVER a disappointment and this looks like one that he will give it all he's got, and then some!
Go Edna! Go Edna!!
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#46re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:19pm
caaaaaaast reeeccooording.
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"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!"
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mateo
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/8/06
#47re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:23pm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/6958780.stm
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"Zac is sweet as can be. He's very much just a sweet kid from California who happens to have a face that looks like it was drawn by Michelangelo, (if Michelangelo did anime)."
-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"
-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"
#48re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:29pmCAST RECORDING
A young actress with Noel coward after a dreadful opening night performance said to him 'Well, i knew my lines backwards this morning!''
Noels fast reply was ''Yes dear, and thats exactly how you said them tonight'!'
#49re: Michael Ball as Edna PICTURE!!!!
Posted: 8/22/07 at 1:32pmOh he looks really great. That will be interesting to see if he plays it more womanly than usual. I agree with everyone- CAST RECORDING.
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