Fox Chapel grad is getting green light for stage, film projects

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Michael Mitnick looks back on the chutzpah it took to cold-call the parents of Tony winner and Dormont native Stephen Flaherty and chuckles. Then a Fox Chapel Area High School junior, he introduced himself as a fan and asked if their son would come to see a musical he had co-written that was being produced at his school. The co-creator of "Ragtime" was busy with "Seussical" on Broadway at the time, but his parents attended and sent a videotape of the show to Mr. Flaherty.