Premiering on Broadway in 2008, Cry-Baby was nominated for 4 Tonys including choreography, book and score. Still, it was not as critically acclaimed as its 2002 predecessor Hairspray, another John Waters film adaptation. Similar to Hairspray, Cry-Baby features a 1950's Baltimore clash of the classes, with "good girl" Allison Vernon-Williams (Taylor Pietz) falling for the slick rock 'n' roll "bad boy" Wade…
SOURCE: St. Louis Theatre Snob at 12:10AM on March 8, 2012