Discusses 1940's Broadway musicals, including "Oklahoma," "Carousel," "Pal Joey," "On the Town," "Annie Get Your Gun," "Finian's Rainbow," "Brigadoon," "Kiss Me, Kate," and "South Pacific.".
From the stifling world of suburbia in the 1950's to grand, historic dance theaters and the bright lights of the Broadway stage, this is the story of ballerina, Lee Wilson. She dared to dream she could grow up to be a star, and in 1962, fresh out of high school and only sixteen years old, she left her home and country to make a five-day journey across the Atlantic. Eight months later she made her professional dance debut in Monte Carlo at a command performance for Prince Rainer and Princess Grace.
An eighth-grader who dreams of performing in a Broadway musical concocts a plan to run away to New York and audition for the role of Elliot in the musical version of "E.T.".
A coming-of-age novel about a seventeen-year-old New Jersey boy who falls in love and stumbles into a bit part in Orson Welles's debut production on Broadway, all in the same week.
Now on Broadway as second understudy for E.T., Nate Foster keeps in close contact with his best friend, Libby, as he faces his nemesis, Jordan Rylance, and his own insecurities as the cast member with the least training and experience.