Drama High by Michael Sokolove

Drama High by Michael Sokolove

The inspiration for the NBC TV series "Rise," starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez - the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.

Why would the multimillionaire producer ofCats,The Phantom of the Opera, andMiss Saigontake his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production ofLes Miserables?

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 such as RentandSpringAwakeningbefore 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.

Michael Sokolove is the author of Hustle: The Myth, Life, and Lies of Pete Rose, a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine. He and his wife, as well as their three children, live in Bethesda, Maryland.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781594632808
ISBN 10	1594632804
Title	Drama High
Author	Michael Sokolove
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2014-10-07
Number of pages	358
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