Fame
“You've got big dreams? You want fame? Well, fame costs. And right here is where you start paying in sweat.”
An American television series originally produced between 1982 and 1987. The show is based on the 1980 motion picture of the same name. With a mixture of drama and music, it followed the lives of the students and faculty at the New York City High School for the Performing Arts. Although fictional, it was based heavily on the actual Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in New York. Most interior scenes were filmed in Hollywood, California, and in all seasons but the third, several exterior scenes were shot on location in New York City. The popularity of the series, particularly in the UK, led to several hit records and live concert tours by the cast. Despite its success, very few of the actors maintained high-profile careers after the series was cancelled. A number of the cast members were seen again briefly in Bring Back...Fame, a reunion special made for British television in 2008.
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Cast
Seasons
1.Metamorphosis
10.007-01-198260mThis fun and footloose series begins when Julie tries her best to fit in at the New York School for the Performing Arts, with a little bit of help from Doris and Montgomery.
2.Passing Grade
10.014-01-198260mCoco and Lydia vie for a part in a show. Danny wants to meet Johnny Carson and becomes a waiter.
3.Tomorrow's Farewell
10.021-01-198260mThe School Board orders the School of the Arts to have a Gym because of the mandatory P.E. class that students have to take. It takes a dance off between Lydia's class and a bunch...
4.Alone in a Crowd
28-01-198260mBruno is afraid of performing in public.
5.To Soar and Never Falter
10.004-02-198260mBruno is in love with a dance major named Kathleen Murphy. When he is to write a piece of music for her, she performs for him and gets injured. It turns out that she has Multiple S...
6.The Sell-Out
11-02-198260mWhen Bruno's uncle buys him a new synthesizer, Bruno gets a job to buy new music. He is doing a song for his aunt, sho just had a baby. Meanwhile, Julie wonders why Coco is suddenl...
7.The Strike
10.018-02-198260mThe School Of The Arts is plagued by a teachers' strike. Coco is upset because she wasn't chosen for the part of Desdemona in the schools musical version of ""Othello"". Once the...
8.Street Kid
25-02-198260mDoris, while pretending to be a hooker, meets a real hooker named Tracy, and tries to help her out.
9.But Seriously, Folks
04-03-198260mDanny's father does not agree with his choice of being a comedian.
10.Come One, Come All
11-03-198260mA big star, Melinda MacNeil, is in town and everyone goes ga-ga, except Monty.
11.The Crazies
18-03-198260mDoris learns that sometimes honest is not always the best policy. When Shorofsky is hospitalized, Bruno realizes that he is important to his life.
12.Exposé
25-03-198260mWhen Julie gets replaced by a mannequin in a production number, she feels unimportant until a reporter threatens to do an expose on her.
13.A Musical Bridge
01-04-198260mMonty tries to get Bruno to cash in on his songwriting abilities.
14.A Big Finish
15-04-198260mMiss Sherwood and the gang find two talented bums living in the basement.
15.Reunions
29-04-198260mLeroy wants his mother to come in for parents' day.
16.A Special Place
06-05-198260mBudget cutbacks prompts the School Board to fire one of the dance school's teachers.
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