The hilarious Jackie Hoffman was on Broadway in Hairspray (in multiple roles) before she became a noted TV character actor, a fact that caused her tsuris on Tony night.
As Jackie posted on Instagram, “I just saw a picture of [Hairspray co-conspirators] Kerry Butler, Mathew Morrison, and Marc Shaiman on the Tony Awards red carpet while I’m drinking booze with bugs in it.”Fame—ain’t it a bitch?But Jackie would be perfect to play 1920s singer/comic Fanny Brice’s mother in the upcoming revival of Funny Girl starring Beanie Feldstein, right?
Well….as Jackie also posted, “So the director of the new Funny Girl saw me play Yente in Yiddish Fiddler and didn’t cast me as the Jewish mother or nosy neighbor.” Oy.