May 11, 2012

Silly Hairspray CAST Facts


Faith Goins and Desiree Myers are the Dynamites, Rutherford as Tracy, and Frady as Edna. Photo by Moxie Photography

Here are some fun facts we dug up about some of the Hairspray cast members. A full cast list is available here.
  • Drew Frady (Edna Turnblad) can juggle, eat fire, and tap dance (source). 
  • Andrea Rutherford (Tracy Turnblad) was captain of catering events for Obama and the Queen of Denmark.
  • Ilana Bruce (Little Inez) is one of five alums from the FAC Youth Repertory program.
  • Carmen Vreeman (Penny Pingleton) has been on this blog before, in 2009!
  • Lacey Connell (Amber Von Tussle) can do impeccable child impersonations (source).
  • Marco Robinson (Link Larkin) works as a tap dance instructor at The Ballet Society of Colorado Springs (source), and takes amazing photos. For an example, see his Facebook album of the FAC's Resilience show, Within/Without.

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May 13 | TalkBack
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May 24 | Backstage Tour

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