Fame Cast Grows

Fame’s Instructors and Supervisors Cast

Debbie Allen, Charles S. Dutton, Kelsey Grammer, Megan Mullally and Bebe Neuwirth have been tapped for the roles of instructors and supervisors in the upcoming Fame remake.


As with the 1980 original, the remake follows dancers, singers, actors and artists from auditions to graduation at the New York City High School of Performing Arts.


Mullally’s a graduate of the School of American Ballet and will portray a voice instructor; Grammer, who attended Juilliard, will play an orchestra maestro; Dutton, a graduate of Yale School of Drama, will portray an acting teacher; Neuwirth, a Tony winner, will play a dance instructor.


Allen, who made her feature debut in the original Fame, has been cast as the school’s principal.


Production on the remake begins this Wednesday, with Kevin Tancharoen directing. The film is scheduled for a September 25, 2009 release.