Hairspray Live! stage show but cut and only used in the film, was not added. (An instrumental version of the song is, however, heard very briefly as a bit of background music.) In addition to adapting the book, Fierstein reprised his performance of Edna Turnblad from the Broadway musical; Greenblatt felt that his performance of Edna was "iconic", and that his involvement with "Hairspray Live!" made it "come full circle". NBC cast the lead role of Tracy Turnblad through an open call in New York City, hoping to repeat the "phenomenal discovery" of Shanice Williams for "The Wiz". The role went to
West End Classic West End Classic The West End Classic was PGA Tour satellite event that was played at the Grand Bahama Hotel and Country Club in West End on Grand Bahama Island. The tournament was won by Jim Wiechers, a 25-year-old Californian, by two strokes over Al Besselink and Johnny Pott. Although the tournament played for only one year (1969), it laid the groundwork and provided much of the infrastructure for a future PGA Tour event, the Bahamas National Open, which played in 1970 and 1971. Players were allowed to use the regular-sized American ball and/or the smaller English ball. This may