won the 2003 Tony Award for co-writing the book for Hairspray, after having won the 2001 Tony Award for co-writing the book of The Producers. Andrew would like to dedicate this performance to the memory of Kathy Ringley. Throughout his drag career, he has raised over $4 million dollars and started his own foundation, The Nina West Foundation, primarily serving LGBTQIA+ organizations and causes. Andrew has released music EP’s “Drag Is Magic,” “The West Christmas Ever,” and “John Goodman” as Nina West all have charted on Billboard’s Top 10 for Children’s Music and Comedy. He provided the voice for the animated short Coaster.
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Other TV credits: RuPaul’s Celebrity Drag Race, “Dragging the Classics: The Brady Bunch” (Alice, Paramount+), “‘This Is Me’ Pride Celebration Spectacular” (Disney+), “The Blue’s Clues Pride Parade Singalong” and “The Meaning of Pride” (Nickelodeon). In 2019, Andrew appeared in The Little Mermaid (Ursula) with the Butterfly Guild of Nationwide Children’s Hospital. On stage, he starred in the regional premieres of Buyer and Cellar (Alex More) and Peter and the Starcatcher (Betty Bumbrake) with CATCO Theatre Columbus. He has performed as drag queen Nina West since 2001 and competed on Season 11 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, for which he was named Miss Congeniality. Along with our incredible producing team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and arguably the best songwriting team in musicals, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, 'Hairspray Live' is in the best possible hands.Andrew is thrilled to be part of the cast of Hairspray.
No one knows 'Hairspray' better than him since he played the role of Edna Turnblad more than a thousand times and won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical. "We also have one of the most celebrated Broadway hyphenates, Harvey Fierstein, back writing the adaptation for TV. Along with our incredible producing team of Craig Zadan and Neil Meron, and arguably the best songwriting team in musicals, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, 'Hairspray Live' is in the best possible hands." We're thrilled to have director Kenny Leon, who knocked 'The Wiz Live' way out of the park, and Jerry Mitchell, the original choreographer of 'Hairspray' and who is the director of two smash hit musicals running on Broadway right now. "In keeping with our desire to bring the best of Broadway to our live musicals, we've assembled the Broadway dream team of Tony Award winners for Hairspray Live. NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt released a statement regarding the award-winning musical's debut. NBC is so confident that Hairspray Live! is going to be a huge success, they have the DVD and cast album available for pre-order. Check out the video playlist below to see Harvey Fierstein performing in Hairspray. Many on social media have shared their excitement regarding Fierstein playing Edna in the live musical.
Harvey Fierstein developed and starred in the role for Broadway. Divine originate the role of Edna Turnblad in the 1988 Hughes movie. The role of Edna Turnblad has always been played by a man and this silently speaks to homophobia. As Tracy Turnblad shows self-love and is a role model for those who face fat shaming, the desegregation theme in Hairspray speaks to social justice. Hairspray focuses on many cultural and social issues.
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