This 1980 film was set at the N.Y. High School for Performing Arts; a TV show, reality show & musical followed
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dream lives on in remake about performing-arts high school strivers ... is a 
fictional extension of the endless reality shows, from "American Idol" on, that... [DOC] [TLE] History - Fame Network [PAR] Unlike A Chorus Line and West Side Story, two of the shows that most ... During 
the years when De Silva's concept was taking shape, Performing Arts ...