Question about Fame the Musical and Fame on 42nd Street

[JarNerdAV]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 12:30pm

I haven't seen either stage version of Fame so I don't know how they differed, if at all, but I was wondering if there were any gay characters in either version. I remember being in NY when Fame on 42nd St. was running and choosing not to see it because I had read that there were no gay characters (which is totally ridiculous considering the subject matter and setting of the show). Can anybody enlighten me.

[blaxx]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:05pm

As far as I remember, Fame: The Musical had no gay characters, but one of the female students (Serena, I believe) is in love with (Nick?) and because he doesn't seem to like her that way at the moment, she assumes / jokes about him being gay, but he denies it for the whole show and becomes their "conflict" and "gag" (but it is such a poorly written show, anyway).

[wickedrentq]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:09pm

BTW, I played Fame: the musical and saw Fame on 42nd street...maybe there were a few lines here and there, but the two hardly differed.

[JarNerdAV]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:45pm

It sounds like I was right to avoid this one. I'm not one of those people who has to have a gay character in every show in order to enjoy it, but to not have AT LEAST ONE in a show set in a high school for performing arts is so unrealistic its laughable. Sounds like they were pandering to the "family friendly" crowd. It was bad enough when the early 80's television version of Fame de-sexualized and then quickly dumped the one gay character from the movie.

[once a month]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 1:56pm

I saw it on 42nd Street as it pretended to be a Broadway show. I had the same complaint...the producers had it pasteurized and homogenized to the point og Reaganism. I loathed it, and thought it a foolish endeavor...but then I was seduced by the original film.

[west end artist1]

Posted: 7/13/06 at 7:14pm

I was also in fame in the west end and saw Fame on 42nd street and they really werent any difference.In the original workshop production Nick was going to be gay.