An updated version of the 1980 musical, which centered on the students of the new york academy of performing arts. Webyoung men and women audition for coveted spots at the new york high school of performing arts. Those who make the cut discover that it takes a lot of hard work to. Weba chronicle of the lives of several teenagers who attend a new york high school for students gifted in the performing arts. Webfame is a 2009 american teen musical drama film directed by kevin tancharoen from a screenplay by allison burnett. It is a loose remake of the 1980 film of the same name. Webfame is a movie that she might have enjoyed. It’s about a dozen or so talented kids who enter new york’s high school of the performing arts as freshmen and emerge four.