Original idea: David DeSilva
Based on the book by Jose Fernandez
Lyrics: Jaques Levy
Music: Steve Margoshes
Text in Finnish: Pauliina Hulkko
Text in Swedish: Ingela Forsman
Directed by Mats Holmqvist
Music arranged and conducted by Alf Mylläri
Choreography: Mia Malviniemi
Costumes design: Birgitta Hassel
Staging: Christer Lågland
Produced by the Fame Company
Since 1991 have audiences across the world seen the musical Fame, based on the tv-series of the 1980's. The events of the musical are located in the New York School of Performing Arts. To get in there is almost as winning in the lottery. The musical describes the lives of talented young people studying dance, music and acting. The students represent different races and different cultures, they speak different languages and come from different social classes. Their teachers are ambitious and demanding. The most talented student is not always the winner; instead, persistence will be rewarded.
The musical, produced in Kokkola, Finland, is performed in four languages: Finnish, Swedish, English and Spanish. There are scenes with some 30 to 60 performers on stage. Fame - the musical is realised as a cooperation between various parties involved in youth work.
