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DocuSign Envelope ID: F859AB28-066D-45E9-BB24-D873BDC015A0 <br /> Taphorn's kinetic choreography and witty stage composition propel the production through "The Nicest Kids in Town" <br /> and"I Can Hear the Bells."As Penny, Tracy's teenage aide de camp, Kelsey Walston is a winning ultra-geek. <br /> Through their quest to find fame, romance and civil rights on Baltimore daytime TV in the 1960s, they encounter <br /> dragon lady Velma Von Tussle(a convincing Trish Hamilton) and ally Motormouth Maybelle(Rozlyn Sorrell, who <br /> chalks up yet another show-stopper in the production's 11 o'clock number, "I Know Where I've Been.") <br /> Stephen Moore seems a bit flat in the traditional drag role of Tracy's mother, Edna, but Ken Griggs helps cement the <br /> family unit as Wilbur. In supporting roles, Timothy Houston is probably aging out as teen heartthrob Link, but Robyne <br /> Parrish nails the jail matron in "The Big Dollhouse,"and Matt Lamb ingratiates as the Dick Clark figure, Corny Collins. <br /> Harrington's sound design left the singers under-amplified against the pre-recorded orchestra through much of <br /> Saturday night—the only other major drawback in an otherwise engaging production. <br /> This article appeared in print with the headline "Sweet little lies" <br />