'You've got big dreams. You want fame. Well fame costs, and right here's where you start paying...' dance teacher Lydia Grant warns the students of New York's celebrated dream factory, the High School for the Performing Arts.

Starring Debbie Allen as Lydia, Lee Curreri as Bruno, Erica Gimpel as Coco, Albert Hague as Shorofsky, Carlo Imperato as Danny, Carol Mayo Jenkins as Sherwood, Valerie Landsburg as Doris, Gene Anthony Ray as Leroy, Lori Singer as Julie, Morgan Stevens as Reardon, Carmine Caridi as Angelo Martelli, Madlyn Rhue as Mrs Schwartz, Nancy Walker as Rachel, Betty White as Catherine

Bruno's father needs help to face up to the prospect of getting old, so Bruno books a school team to celebrate his 25th anniversary as a taxi driver. But Shorofsky has booked the same team to support a senior citizens' community centre in desperate need of funds...