Lizzie Bea and Marisha Wallace will join Michael Ball when he steps back into his Olivier Award-winning role as Edna Turnblad in the eagerly-anticipated London Coliseum production of Hairspray the Musical next year.
Currently performing in the UK tour of Kinky Boots, Bea will star as Tracy Tunblad with Dreamgirls’ Wallace following her co-starring role in the original West End cast of Waitress by stepping into the role of Motormouth.
Featuring the original award-winning creative team of director Jack O’Brien and choreographer Jerry Mitchell, Ball’s return visit to the flamboyant character which delivered the star his first Olivier Award, will begin on 23 April 2020.
Produced by Adam Spiegel Productions & Fiery Angel, the production’s latest casting news coincided with the announcement that the season has now been extended to 18 weeks.
Based on the 1988 film of the same name which starred Divine and Ricki Lake by cult filmmaker John Waters, the crowd-pleasing musical boasts music and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan.
With Harvey Fierstein starring as Edna, Hairspray debuted to rave reviews on Broadway in 2002 and subsequently won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and the Leading Actor award for Fierstein.
Premiering in London at the Shaftesbury Theatre in 2007, the show won four Laurence Olivier Awards including Best New Musical and the Best Actor Award for Ball.
The production ran for two and a half years, closing in March 2010, but the beat carried on with the show hitting the road for a tour featuring Ball, alternating with Brian Conley and Michael Starke.
A new production featuring direction by Paul Kerryson and choreography by Drew McOnie launched at Leicester Curve in 2015, and returned in 2017 for a successful tour that ended last August.
Produced by Mark Goucher, the tour will begin again in September 2020.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for Hairspray are available HERE.
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