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Comedian Joan Streams carved out her own specific niche market within the entertainment sector: she was a talker. Actually, she preempted the majority of her schtick with her brand series “Can we chat?” A continuing blast of one-liners, Streams was immediately recognizable by her raspy tone of voice, upturned nasal …

Maddie Baillio rose from obscurity to superstar practically overnight in Dec 2016, when she produced her professional performing debut in Hairspray Live!, an NBC tv adaptation from the strike musical Hairspray, predicated on the film by John Waters. Baillio performed the leading part of Tracy Turnblad, a zaftig teen who …