Fame on 42nd Street
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SHOW INFORMATION

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CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Nov 11, 2003
Closed Jun 27, 2004

Playing at
Little Shubert Theatre

Directions & Map

Running Time:
2hr. 25min.
(includes 1 intermission)

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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?

Set in the 1980s at New York City's legendary High School for Performing
Arts on West 46th Street, Fame on 42nd Street takes the audience on a roller-coaster ride through the highs, the lows, and the ultimate triumphs of star-struck students in their quest for success. The musical chronicles their four-year odyssey from Freshmen to Seniors as the class of 1984, which was the last class to graduate from that landmark building where the unofficial motto was "Fame costs and this is where you start paying."

Marque Lynche, recently seen on Fox's American Idol is now featured in the cast as Tyrone Jackson.

Student Rush Policy: Student rush tickets are available day of performance, for $25.00 cash only, in-person at the Little Shubert Box Office. Rush tickets will be on sale 2 hours prior to the performance, subject to availability.

For group sales inquiries, call: 877-536-3437.

THEATER/VENUE INFORMATION:

Little Shubert Theatre
422 W 42nd St
New York, NY 10036

WHAT ARE CRITICS SAYING?

We're living in the boldface-name age, an era when people are famous for being famous. It's a time only 35 years or so after Andy Warhol remarked that everyone would eventually be famous for 15 minutes, and people who've taken the comment as indisputable entitlement live out the prediction on The Jerry Springer Show. It's a period when socialite Paris Hilton, whose moniker makes her sound like an advertisement for a family-held French hostelry, gets far more mentions in columns than anyone making a genuine contribution to society.

So why wouldn't a pack of producers try to grab a bundle from a musical called Fame, which is a sort-of adaptation of the hit 1980 film and the subsequent telev[...]

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Reviewed by David Finkle on Nov 12, 2003