Do you feel guilty stealing this movie from John Travolta, Queen Latifah, Christopher Walken and Michelle Pfeiffer?
Oh my God! I’m honoured to be sharing this experience with all of them. Queen Latifah is one of my idols. So that’s a no? I think we all should just be proud of what we’ve done. Were you old enough to watch any of Waters’ dirtier films while you were making Hairspray? I saw a little bit of Pink Flamingos. Which bits? Well, I love me some Waters. I wanted to see it all! If the musical of Pink Flamingos happens, will you follow Divine’s lead and eat the dog poo? Ummm. Let’s just say I thank God for John Waters for creating Hairspray, so I’d pretty much do anything for him. You are the veteran of many Great Neck South Senior High productions. Two questions – first, what did you learn from high-school musicals? Our high school is the only one in the country that does a fully orchestrated opera every year. We would rehearse for six months, and we did some hefty productions. All that preparation taught me a lot of discipline. Second question – where is Red Neck? I mean, Great Neck. Are you c
