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Michael Ball: from big hair to big top?
Hairspray star Michael Ball is said to be in talks with Cameron Mackintosh’s planned production of Barnum The show is in very early stages of development and is for the moment scheduled to open somewhere in the West End in early so there is still time for Michael to extend ...
The Nicest (Newest) Kids in Town
Today the musical phenomenon Hairspray welcomes some new faces into its cast The role of spiteful mother and daughter Velma and Amber von Tussle will now be played by Liz Robertson and Zoe Rainey and young Inez will be played by sixteen year old newcomer Raquel Jones Robertson is a ...
Michael Ball: Big, Blonde and Beautiful till April 2009
Good news for Hairspray fans producers announced this week that Michael Ball has renewed his contract and is to remain in the role of Edna Turnblad until th April A musical theatre legend Ball won the Best Actor title at the Olivier awards for his hilarious portrayal of busty Edna ...
Hairspray: The School Musical
This autumn Sky One will broadcast Hairspray The School Musical an eight part series following the process of staging the international smash hit musical Hairspray in a school Denise Van Outen presents as students from Kingsmead Comprehensive in Enfield try out and get cast in what will be the show’s ...

