She's our Baltimore angel, our good luck charm." "But during the first number we did, I thought, 'Wow, she's totally talented.' There's no telling where she can go. "She came up to me, eyes wide open, and the first thing I did was tell her, 'Take the chewing gum out of your mouth,'" Leon said. They're making sure I'm on my toes."Īn alum of the University of Maryland School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, Cruse-Ferguson quickly attracted the attention of Leon. But I'm not falling short or falling behind. It's like first day of school, new girl in classroom, midway through the semester. It's being thrown in right away as a newbie. "The challenging part is not necessarily the choreography itself - that's not stressful at all. "It has been really hectic in a great way," said Cruse-Ferguson, who arrived a week ago for rehearsals. She got the nod after auditioning with about 200 others at the Hippodrome in September. Fittingly for a musical with a big-break audition scene, Baillio was chosen out of 800 who responded to an open casting call in New York last spring (200 others sent in video auditions).Ĭruse-Ferguson, who lives in Ednor Gardens and works with a Washington nonprofit and part-time for a Towson retailer, had a similar experience. She plays Edna's intrepid daughter, Tracy, who helps integrate the dance show and, along the way, teaches some lessons about self-worth. Other familiar names dot the cast, among them Martin Short as Edna's jokester husband Wilbur Sean Hayes as the owner of a plus-size dress shop Andrea Martin as prudish Prudy Pingleton and Rosie O'Donnell as a gym teacher.Īmong the fresh faces that will fill the TV screen is that of Maddie Baillio.
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