Drama High: A Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater

✍ Scribed by Sokolove, Michael

• Book ID: 109640577
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: en-US
• Weight: 4 MB
• Category: Fiction
• ISBN-13: 9781101632109

✦ Synopsis

Friday Night Lights meets Glee --the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town.

Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats , Phantom of the Opera , and Miss Saigon take his limo from Manhattan to the struggling former steel town of Levittown, Pennsylvania, to see a high school production of Les Misérables? 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 like Rent and Spring Awakening before 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...