Michael Cerveris Discussing the Final Fame Episode - Trivia of the Week

 

"This was the last shot of the series, everyone including old and new cast, crew, producers and writers gathered and singing the show's anthem, fading out on the the wish simply to be remembered

the two dubious school maintenance men in the second photo are the wild and wooly writers who were largely responsible for creating Ian Ware and so many of my favorite Fame moments, Ira Behr and

Michael McGreevey

. They went on to create galaxies on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but the worlds they made in the halls and lives of Fame kids world wide were filed with just as much creativity and exploration of alien worlds.

I absolutely will! I loved getting to work with 

Lee

 and of course I always loved every time I got to have a scene with Albert. Those were such wonderful and rare days, and I’m forever grateful to have been there.

In these days where the role of the arts in our lives has never been less certain and our hunger for them never more clear, Fame still stands apart in pop culture, arguing for the vital, central role music, dance, and theater have always played in our lives. And why they're essential to education--whether someone plans a career in the arts or not. Art is what makes us human. And we need more of that than ever now.

Judging from the response to these photos, people have taken that final call to remember to heart. It's been a beautiful thing to learn over the past couple weeks"