When Harvey Fierstein slipped on a housecoat to play Edna in "Hairspray," his co-star, Dick Latessa, told him he wasn't the first to do a musical in drag: "We did a number in the out-of-town tryout of 'Follies' in drag. Hal [Prince] eventually gave it to the girls, but I'll tell you, I thought we...
SOURCE: The New York Post at 01:12PM on December 22, 2016