Marissa Jaret Winokur Returns to Hairspray

Marissa Jaret Winokur is headed back to Broadway. Starting Dec. 9 Winokur will reprise her role as the Baltimore teen, Tracy Turnblad in Hairspray, for which she won a Tony for in 2003.



"When I started with the show I was cancer-free, I was single, I had no kids. I was just an unemployed actress," she said. "To go back to the show that gave me a career, gave me a life and now I can share this with my child - how do you say no? Besides, when does a 35-year-old get to play 16?"