I saw the play of Fame on stage a couple of years ago but can't quite remember it although I remember it being really different compared to the film, I remember a girl died in it, can anyone help me here with this? and explain what the show was like? thanks
shareI live in the Uk and theres currently a touring production of Fame, and theres the character Carmen who dies at the end through a drug overdose. The show basically focuses around the students at the performing arts school, theres Tyrone who cant read, Schlomo whose dad is a famous pianist, Nick who is a professional actor, Serena who has a crush on nick, Carmen who leaves to go to LA, Mabel who is an overweight dancer so she decides to switch to drama, Joe Vegas who is a spanish comedy actor (he has a really funny song in the show) and Iris who is a rich girl and does ballet.
shareI am a music teacher at a high school and we just did Fame as our musical
shareCarmen doesn't die of overdose,,, She commits suicide, jumps infront of a train
shareFinally I've looked up the plot to Fame and found the programme of the production I saw ha! I went to see it in 2000, how long ago was that?!?!?! I must of been like 10! Yea you are right the illiterate guy called Tyrone went with this ballet dancer girl, did she become pregnant in it?! cause for some reason I remember that happening... my memory is still pretty vague about the whole thing! and it seems the song "In L.A" didn't appear in this production...?! She jumped in front of a Train ?!?!?! I was pretty sure it was drugs, I saw a clip on youtube and it suggested that she was on dieting pills... and doesn't she go and try and make it in Hollywood and it all goes bad?!?! Please Help...
sharePerhaps in a production that you may have seen, Carmen did jump in front of a train ... I don't know. But from all of the shows that I've seen, I was under the impression that she died of a drug overdose.
Anyway, this link might be helpful in regards to the story behind the musical: http://www.famenetwork.com/story.php