'Hairspray' Launches National Tour in Md. by BEN NUCKOLS, Associated Press Writer
The audience cheered the rats that crawl in front of Tracy Turnblad's Formstone row house; they laughed when Edna Turnblad entices her husband with the line, "The Orioles may score tonight." And when Tracy wins a scholarship to Essex Community College, the uproarious response drowned out the punch line.