Artist:Marissa Jaret Winokur f/Harvey Fierstein
Song:Welcome to the 60s
Album:Hairspray: Original Broadway Cast Recording
Marissa Jaret Winokur won a Tony for playing Tracy Turnblad in the 2002 Broadway musical of John Waters' cult film Hairspray. Of course it was turned into a successful film but this is where it started. This was Marissa's only Broadway appearance. Since then she has appeared mostly on TV. She was born Feb. 2, 1973 in New York City. She was a cheerleader in high school and attended the American Musical and Dramatic Academy. Though she appeared in a few small film roles, Hairspray was her first major role in anything. Producer Margo Lion got the idea of turning Hairspray into a musical after watching the 1988 film on TV. She hired Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman to write the music. She wanted Rob Marshall to direct but he was going to direct the film Chicago. But he agreed to help with the early development of the show. Marshall remembered seeing Marissa in the film American Beauty and she got the role of Tracy. Harvey Fierstein played her mother Edna Turnblad. Of course the show was a big success and was nominated for 13 Tony Awards. Marissa won a Best Actress Tony. The original cast is available as a budget CD. It is to date Marissa's only major Broadway appearance. She has mostly appeared on TV. Her most notable appearance was on season six of Dancing with the Stars. She made the semi finals. Marissa co-starred with Pamela Anderson in the Fox TV series Stacked. The show premiered Oct. 2005 and was cancelled Jan. 2006. She hosted the first season of the Oxygen Network's competition series Dance Your Ass Off. She was a host on the CBS daytime talk show The Talk. But I guess she didn't like it as she left after a couple of months. More recently she won the 2018 season of Celebrity Big Brother. She has had a recurring role on the FX series What We Do in the Shadows. Marissa is married to King of the Hill and American Dad! producer Judah Miller and she has done voices on both shows. They have a son. Here's Marissa Jaret Winokur featuring Harvey Fierstein performing Welcome to the 60s from Hairspray. It looks pretty good for a Proshot video.
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