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| Name of Work | Fame | ||||||||||||
| Production Date | 1980 | ||||||||||||
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| General Notes | As a time capsule, shows NYC when it was at its worst -- in terms of dirt, crime and visual nastiness. | ||||||||||||
Description
Follows a group of youngsters who enter the School of Performing Arts in NYC, from audition to Freshman year to graduation. Shows the process, the travails, the uncertainties, the triumphs, and some of the nasty underbelly of the performing arts. A musical that soars in its main musical scenes.
Theme
Go after your heart's desire.
Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life
Life is hard, but you can succeed, and it is worth it and exhilarating.
Context Information
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coming-of-age, performing arts
