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‘Hairspray’ lead living her dream

Marissa Perry rehearses for “Hairspray’’ at the Reagle Music Theatre. She says she sees herself in her character, Tracy Turnblad. Marissa Perry rehearses for “Hairspray’’ at the Reagle Music Theatre. She says she sees herself in her character, Tracy Turnblad. (Jonathan Wiggs/Globe Staff)
By Lenny Megliola
Globe Correspondent / August 12, 2010

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The thing about theater is you never know who’ll be in the audience. Take Marissa Perry, for instance. She was 22, and looking for her big break in musical theater. She never figured it would come on a stage in Vermont. (Full article: 807 words)

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