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    NBC's 'Rise' hits high notes in melodrama, high school musical theater

    by Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times Mar 14, 2018 3 minutes

    "Rise," which premiered Tuesday on NBC, is a season-long backstage drama about a high school production of the musical "Spring Awakening."

    That it is inspired by a work of nonfiction - Michael Sokolove's "Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater" - does not keep it from being cliched and corny, and that it is cliched and corny does not mean that it fails to do its job.

    Created by Jason Katims, who ran "Friday Night Lights" and created "Parenthood" (both also on

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