film follows bunch students nyc high school performing arts theres coco irene cara black singer make top despite everything helped bruno lee curren white musician theres doris maureen teefy wants actressbut shy scared becomes friends motgomery paul mccranepurportedly gay student school romanced raul barry miller theres leroy gene anthony raywho sadly died  whos homeless great dancerbut cant read theres various teachers albert hague anne meara stand out trying teach kidsbr br the songs great the title tune out own nominated best songfame won dances energetic young cast shows plenty ambition talent film misses boat drama department many plot lines brought completely left openended end movie coco porno doris raul remain together afterwords either make it montgomerywhat happened him leroy ever graduateand how many long speeches raul two moments lead nothing im assuming cuts scripti cant believe movie left open br br still worth seeing acting and again music theres basically one bad song dances go full force and one point stop trafficliterally favorites fame out here i sing body electric great closing song recommend give the script really needed tie loose endsand didntbr br trivia wanted shot film actual school performing arts get permission dean school read script said way much swearing film truethere lot foul language thats high school kids talk avoid tv version abysmally overdubs it