Rise and Dull
It was with great pleasure yesterday that I learned NBC has cancelled its new (now former) series, Rise.
Theatre enthusiasts everywhere no doubt were thrilled when the series, based on Michael Sokolov’s non-fiction book, Drama High: The Incredible True Story of a Brilliant Teacher, a Struggling Town, and the Magic of Theater (2013), was announced. But, of course, the TV series bastardized the original source, adding progressive boilerplate and fooling nobody. I watched the pilot episode and
