Who's Your Favorite "Edna" in HAIRSPRAY?

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Who's Your Favorite "Edna" in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:17pm

Sorry if this has already been posted; I searched and didnt' find anything.

For me, it would be between Harvey Fierstein and John Travolta (if he counts).

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:20pm

DIVINE of course!

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#3

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:22pm

On stage:

Harvey Fierstein
Jon Pinette
Paul Vogt

Film: Divine and John Travolta (duh!)

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:22pm

All my friends who've seen all the cast changes love Blake Hammond.

Paul is on the cover of Broadway Magazine! I was so excited.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:23pm

you're kidding about john travolta, right? i couldn't STAND him in the movie...which is a shame because i usually love him.

if we're talking stage ednas, it has to be between harvey fierstein and (don't hate me) paul c vogt.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:25pm

Stage - hard to say, I loved all the Ednas, but Paul Vogt is my current favorite.

Screen - Divine, but I'm enjoying more and more of the little things John does each time I see the film.

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#7

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:41pm

Harvey and Blake Hammond

I did like Travolta though

#8

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:46pm

Jerry O'Boyle was wonderful.

#9

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:46pm

is everybody forgetting Bruce Vilanch? He was my first and favorite Edna!

#10

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 4:51pm

Who is Bruce Vilanch? Isn't he a colleague of Shaiman & Midler? That's a law firm in Long Island, is that correct?

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:06pm

Blake Hammond hands donw.

He was the only one that kicked leg in "Welcome to the sixties" and I LOVE that.

#12

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:16pm

Bruce Vilanch was a fantastic Edna. But, out of ALL the Ednas (Including Divine) It has to be Harvey. He was perfect.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:31pm

John Pinette is my favorite with Paul Vogt and Blake Hammond very close behind.

Harvey and Bruce were probably my least favorites.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:43pm

Film: John
Stage: Paul

LOVE Paul. He's fabulous.

#15

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:47pm

Divine. Nobody comes close.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:47pm

You can't list your name JP!!

:)

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 5:49pm

Pfft, my name is Jon. JON.

#18

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 6:35pm

Having never seen Harvey, hands-down, it would be John Pinette.

Really did not like Bruce Vilanch.

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re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 6:45pm

Favorite to least:

Harvey (perfection)
John Pinette (VERY close second)
Blake Hammond
Paul C. Vogt
Bruce Vilanch
J.P. Dougherty

I'd love to see Meaney (like that will happen) or Davidson go on, the latter of whom made an incredible Wilbur.

#20

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 7:12pm

Stage: Harvey, with Bruce Vilanch in a close second.
Film: Divine. I could not stand Travolta.

#21

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 7:59pm

Travolta was one ugly woman. He was awful, and couldn't do anything to make me happy.

Harvey will always be #1.

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#22

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:10pm

Harvey Firestein

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#23

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:25pm

Just watched Blake Hammond's Edna. Wow! He WAS a great Edna. Another example that you didn't need to alter your male voice to make Edna "all woman".

His kick in "Welcome to the 60's" was sensational as was his addition of those glasses for Edna.

Sheer perfection!

That DiGarmo girl should have originated Penny on Broadway. Talk about fitting the role like a glove. She didn't lose ONE laugh and her line deliveries were sharp. Her vocal stylings in the "You Can't Stop the Beat" number were -- 'nuff said. Wow! Too bad Kerry Butler was around back then instead of this DiGarmo girl.

#24

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/17/07 at 11:31pm

Just watched Blake Hammond's Edna. Wow!

- How'd you see it!?!

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#25

re: Who's Your Favorite 'Edna' in HAIRSPRAY?

Posted: 8/18/07 at 6:36am

Blake is currently playing Edna at Music Theatre of Wichita