Budding US Artists Strive to Shoot for Stars

At a theater outside Washington, Ari Goldbloom-Helzner is rehearsing the lead role in the stage musical based on the 1980 film Fame. “I want to make magic. I want to be bigger than I am...“ He is one of 39 teenagers participating in a unique musical theater program, that runs from 8 o’clock in the morning to 11 o’clock at night. During the day, the students take dancing, acting and singing classes, and in the evening, they apply everything they have learned to the actual...

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