Phill Jupitus 2009. In October 2009, Jupitus joined the West End theatre cast of "Hairspray", playing the role of Edna Turnblad at the Shaftesbury Theatre. He joined the 2011 tour of "Spamalot", playing the role of King Arthur. On 16 January 2015, Jupitus was confirmed as starring opposite Jason Manford in the 2015 tour of Mel Brooks' musical "The Producers". He will be portraying Franz Liebkind, until 16 May. He has since appeared in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang" also alongside Jason Manford on a tour of the UK. From August 2008 he was the host of "The Times" football podcast "The Game",
Hairspray (musical) spent two years preparing with voice and dance lessons. Tracy's mother had been portrayed by Divine in the original film, and Shaiman liked the idea of maintaining the tradition of casting a male as Edna Turnblad. Harvey Fierstein auditioned for the role with a "half hour vocal audition". He thought they were "pacifying" him, but he was told "they don't want anyone but you". According to Shaiman, one song, "I Know Where I've Been," became controversial during the genesis of the score: The civil rights story line is a very important aspect of the musical. This story line and the