| Ordoc, thanks for the correction. I took that info from Deadline.com, which was wrong. | |
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| In reply to: re: 'Rise,' NBC's new drama about high-school theater, will tackle 'Spring Awakening' in 1st season - Ordoc 05:05 pm EST 01/10/18 | |
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| According to the synopsis of ''Drama High'' at Amazon.com: ''Why would the multimillionaire producer of 'Cats,' 'The Phantom of the Opera' and 'Miss Saigo'n take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of 'Les Misérables'? To see the show performed by the astoundingly successful theater company at Harry S Truman High School, run by its legendary director, Lou Volpe. Broadway turns to Truman High when trying out controversial shows like 'Rent' and 'Spring Awakenin'g before they move on to high school theater programs across the nation. Volpe’s students from this blue-collar town go on to become Emmy-winning producers, entertainment executives, newscasters, and community-theater founders. Michael Sokolove, a Levittown native and former student of Volpe’s, chronicles the drama director’s last school years and follows a group of student actors as they work through riveting dramas both on and off the stage. This is a story of an economically depressed but proud town finding hope in a gifted teacher and the magic of theater.'' Sadly, it sounds typically Hollywood to change a heroic gay character to a straight one. (And reminiscent of Mr. Schue in ''Glee.'') I imagine the network probably also felt TV audiences might more identify more with a straight teacher, too. Which is why Alan Cumming made news yesterday since he'll play the first openly gay lead of a network TV drama (''Instinct''). |
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