Fame the Musical at Alberta Bair Theater

Set at the famous School for the Performing Arts in New York City, this high octane show will have you dancing in your seat as relationships unfold for the lucky youngsters given a chance to develop their talents at this unique school. Each personality hopes to make his or her on big splash in the performing arts world of music, dance and theatre.

Fame the Musical follows the four year odyssey of triumphs and broken dreams right through graduation day, including a tragedy that students must all rise above as they go forward in cap and gown to sing the moving "Bring on Tomorrow."

Conceived and developed by David De Silva, FAME was originally released as a highly acclaimed movie via MGM/United Artists in 1980. The film earned four Academy Award nominations and the network TV series of the same name followed shortly. The TV show ran for six years in the 1980s winning a number of coveted Emmy Awards and made FAME one of most highly received movie-turned television series events garnering millions of viewers each week.

Following these huge triumphant entertainment world successes, David De Silva once again proved the viability of the public rooting for young people to fight for and realize their dreams by recreating the underlining theme of the original, but this time while maintaining the hit title song, created a fully staged theatrical entitled Fame - the Musical. The musical's book was written by Jose Fernandez with show lyrics by Jacques Levy and music by Stephen Margoshes. The title song "FAME" was written by Dean Pitchford and Michael Gore.

Its musical score for the film was awarded an Oscar for the song, with its unforgettable "FAME - I'm gonna Live Forever! Baby Remember my name," a universally known lyric and is the fever pitch anthem that drives these talented young people forward.