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Article: I'm gonna live forever ... baby, remember my name.('Fame' becomes musical)
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- Dance Magazine
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- November 1, 1995
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How could we forget that theatrical icon of the all-american dream, Fame, which started life in 1980 as an MGM motion picture and whose title song won an Academy Award? Then, after it became one of the most popular TV series, it ran for more than six years, was seen in sixty-eight countries, and won various Emmy awards.
Now it's back, this time onstage as Fame--the Musical, which has settled happily into one of London's West End theaters and, according to box-office bookings and audience reaction, looks like it will be around for some time to come--despite the sharp derision its premiere received from some of London's tough, seasoned critics.
The magic of its ...