Hairspray snags original Tracy for final run
Last Updated: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 | 11:01 AM ET
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Harvey Fierstein and Marissa Jaret Winokur won Tony Awards in 2003 for their performances in the musical Hairspray. (Evan Agostini/Getty Images) Like mother, like daughter: A week after Harvey Fierstein returned to his gender-bending, maternal role in Broadway's Hairspray for its final weeks, his stage daughter has announced she will join him.
Marissa Jaret Winokur, who originated the role of dance-crazy teen Tracy Turnblad in the hit musical, is set to return to Hairspray beginning Dec. 9.
Stage veteran Fierstein returned to the long-running musical last week to portray Edna Turnblad — Tracy's flamboyant mother — until the show's close in January.
Based on the cult John Waters film, the musical adaptation of Hairspray opened on Broadway in August 2002.
The 1960s-era show went on to win a whopping eight Tony Awards, including best musical, best original score and acting trophies for Winokur and Fierstein.
The New York musical, in turn, inspired a new film version and also spawned a U.K. production as well as a North American tour.
The curtain drops on Jan. 4. By that point, Hairspray will have had more than 2,600 performances at Broadway's Neil Simon Theatre.
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