No wonder that the old stagers, playing Wilbur and Edna Turnblad in Hairspray, looked close to corpsing during their vaudeville-style celebration of marital bliss on (You're) Timeless to Me.

Neil is cast as Edna Turnblad, a woman whose size has made ... voice and a passion for fashion that would rival a panto dame. "Hairspray really does have some of the best musical numbers in ...