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1) Act 2
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Shaker Heights Middle School is putting on "Guys and Dolls" and best friends Jack and Lou are hoping to get lead roles. But a mysterious new director soon arrives in town and threatens to meddle with their dreams. Is Shaker Heights big enough for two Broadway legends?
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"Eowyn Becker has waited all year to spend her sixth summer at Lamplighter Lake Summer Camp. Here, she's not in the shadow of her Broadway-star older brother--she's a stellar performer in her own right. Here, the pain of her mom's death can't reach her, and she gets to reunite with her best friend, Jules Marrigan--the only person in the world who understands her. But this summer, everything seems wrong. The best friend reunion Eowyn had been dreaming...
4) Green
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Green, a non-binary middle-schooler, comes into their own in no small part by fighting for gender-free casting in their school's production of The Wizard of Oz.
5) Upstaged
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Painfully shy seventh-grader Shira Gordon is cast in a small role in The Music Man and also as understudy for the lead, played by diva Monica Manley, who becomes the victim of a prankster.
6) Act 1
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Twelve-year-olds Jack and Louisa tell, in their separate voices, of his reluctant departure from New York City and Broadway stardom to live in Shaker Heights, Ohio, where new neighbor Louisa, a "musical theater nerd," urges him to audition for the local theater's production of "Into the Woods."
9) Wished
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Maxine, with the help of an over-enthusiastic genie, makes a wish that has everyone at the Fairy Tale Reform School focusing on producing a musical rather than figuring out how to combat Rumpelstiltskin.
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Azaleah's older sister Nia is going to be the star of the school musical but things keep going wrong at the rehearsals (missing batteries, disappearing props, microphones that suddenly do not work); Mr. Guidi, the director, blames the ghost of Thespis, but Azaleah suspects that somebody is actually sabotaging the play--and she is determined to use her detective skills to uncover the culprit, and set things right so the play will be a complete success...
14) Broken strings
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It's 2002. In the aftermath of the twin towers -- and the death of her beloved grandmother -- Shirli Berman is intent on moving forward. The best singer in her junior high, she auditions for the lead role in Fiddler on the Roof, but is crushed to learn that she's been given the part of the old Jewish mother in the musical rather than the coveted part of the sister. But there is an upside: her "husband" is none other than Ben Morgan, the cutest and...
15) Stage fright
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When a new Broadway musical is sabotaged by death threats and accidents that nearly kill an understudy, the Hardy brothers enlist the aid of Nancy Drew, whose likeness to the show's lead actress enables them to arrange an inside investigation.
17) The callback
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Harper McCoy, twelve, joins the school musical hoping to get past "dancer's block," but her Dance Starz teammates are not pleased, especially since they will soon compete against their biggest rivals, The Belles, in Regionals.
18) When I grow up
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In the school musical, the students happily act out their choices for grown-up occupations, except for one young boy who has a very different idea about what he wants to be.
19) A musical mess
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Grades 1-4.
"The show must go on--and it's up to Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew to track down a missing performer in this musical mystery! It's opening day of the first Broadway musical to hit River Heights, and Nancy, Bess, and George are thrilled that they get to sit in the front row! The famed production of Francie is the talk of the town, especially because it stars a very talented pooch named Sammy! But on the day of the show it's clear that the...
20) Crunch time
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The students of East High are preparing for the SATs, and Gabriella has the unfortunate honor of tutoring Sharpay, who shines much more brightly on stage than she does on her practice tests. Luckily, everyone has the school's upcoming Halloween party to take their minds off the SAT crunch.