Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater

The inspiration for the NBC TV series "Rise," starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez --...
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Author: Michael Sokolove
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Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater by Sokolove, Michael

Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater

$238.74

Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater

$238.74
Author: Michael Sokolove
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The inspiration for the NBC TV series "Rise," starring Josh Radnor, Auli'i Cravalho, and Rosie Perez -- the incredible and true story of an extraordinary drama teacher who has changed the lives of thousands of students and inspired a town. By the author of The Last Temptation of Rick Pitino.

Why would the multimillionaire producer of Cats, The 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 such as 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 former student of Volpe's, chronicles the drama director's last school years and follows a group of student actors as they work through riveting dramas both on and off the stage. This is a story of an economically depressed but proud town finding hope in a gifted teacher and the magic of theater.

Author: Michael Sokolove
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 10/07/2014
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781594632808


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 10/26/2014 pg. 32

About the Author
Michael Sokolove is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the author of three previous books: The Ticket Out, Hustle, and Warrior Girls. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland.


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