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RISE
April 24, 2018  | By David Bianculli

NBC, 9:01 p.m. ET

 

As this series about a high school musical performance group nears its Season 1 finale, building towards a performance of Spring Awakening, tonight’s episode is devoted to “tech week,” which is when the backstage crew and designers put their visions in motion. In my own high school performing arts class, that’s where I resided: backstage, as lighting designer and stage manager, making friendships with some of the crew and cast that continue to this day. Will I be watching this week’s Rise? Yes. And I expect this inspired-by-a-true-story drama to reflect one of the theater’s truest truisms: the shakier the final dress rehearsal, the better the opening-night performance.

 
 
 
 
 
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