This is a movie I lrelated too, being that I went to a Performing Arts High School. I knew every single one of these charcaters (I, being a few of them myself). I loved this movie. And I thought the kids (especially Anna Kendricks) were very talented.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.