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Date Posted: 02/16/04 10:38pm
Author: Cookie
Subject: Re: Drew Carey Mentioned In Sunday's New York Times Article>
In reply to: Karen 's message, "Drew Carey Mentioned In Sunday's New York Times Article>" on 02/15/04 7:00pm

Also mentioned in the article was Eddie Izzard. I think Eddie would have made an interesting Edna.

>Sunday's Arts And Leisure section of The New York
>Times has an article titled "Passing The Bra: The
>Search For A New Edna." It mentioned that the casting
>people for "Hairspray," the hit Broadway musical,
>thought of Drew as a possible replacement for Harvey
>Fierstein, who is leaving the show on May 2. Fierstein
>won a Tony Award for his performance as Edna Turblad
>in the play; the casting people were aware of the
>musical numbers Drew did on his ABC sitcom; however,
>the producers went with Michael McKean of "A Mighty
>Wind" fame as the new Edna. McKean appeared on the
>Cable Ace awards a number of years ago. Drew was the
>host. In the press release for the "Mighty Wind"
>premiere in Los Angeles last year,
>Drew was listed as a guest. I wonder if he attended
>the event and spoke with Michael. I'm planning on
>going to New York to see "Hairspray." I hope that I
>get to meet Mr. McKean. If so, I want to ask him about
>the "Whose Line" references that were on "Primetime
>Glick." Michael's "Hairspray" engagement begins on May
>4; it ends on October 3.

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