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Headin' for Broadway (1980)

Headin' for Broadway poster
Directed by
Joseph Brooks
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG
Rating
7.5 of 10 from 2 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of young performers leave their small town and head to New York City to chase their dreams of making it on Broadway. They face auditions, rejections, and the excitement of the big city.

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What happens

Headin' for Broadway is a 1980 American drama film directed by Joseph Brooks and written by Joseph Brooks, Larry Gross, and Hilary Henkin. The film stars Rex Smith, Terri Treas, Vivian Reed, Paul Carafotes, Gary Gendell and Benjamin Rayson. The film was released in May 1980, by 20th Century Fox. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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