Summary
It's 1962 Baltimore and the plucky Tracy, who gets detention for inappropriate hair height, is obsessed with a daytime TV dance-a-thon called The Corny Collins Show, a local version of American Bandstand. When a spot opens up, our dancing queen hotfoots it to the audition where she runs into her heartthrob Link Larkin and breaks into the show's first captivating number, the romantic fantasy I Can Hear the Bells.
The cast was generally young and lacked real stage presence, although all were eager to please. Standing out as Edna, Tracy's XXXL-sized mother, was Jerry O'Boyle. Mother and daughter's ample bosoms clash until the sloppily-dressed Edna gets empowered and enjoys an extreme makeover.As the Elvis clone Link, Matthew Ragas wore his blue suede shoes well and performed a fine It Takes Two with Tracy. Amber Rees made much of her supporting role as Tracy's kookie friend Penny Pingleton. As Motormouth Maybelle, Angela Birchette has two solos but fares much better with the soulful I Know Where I've Been.See the full content of this document
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Hairspray Still Holds Up Pretty Well
It's likely that big-time Tracy Turnblad wannabes would have worn her distinctive bouffant 'do to see Hairspray Friday at the Pantages Playhouse even if it weren't Halloween night.
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