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What do Wayne Brady, Joey Fatone and Wesley Snipes have in common? They all had the same teacher for theatre class in Central Florida. Karen Rugerio served as the Theatre Director for Dr. Phillips High School for 27 years. During those decades, Rugerio brought up a variety of future stars on screen and stage. She started at Jones High School when she first came to Orlando. Wesley Snipes was in her first class, "I still talk to him on the telephone all the time." Snipes even flew Rugerio and her partner out when the movie Blade opened in theaters. Snipes also flew her out when he made it on Hollywood's Walk of Fame. According to Rugerio, Wayne Brady never had a ride anywhere. He grew up in a low-income home in Tangelo Park. Rugerio says the future star would sometimes show up at the last moment before a show started and bring the house down. Rugerio also says Brady had an incredible knack for improvisation when it came to Shakespeare, "All he needed was a rhythm," says Rugerio. Rugerio describes the band Nsync as, "a crazy time." Joey Fatone was a member of "The Big Guys." It was a male singing group at Dr. Phillips High School. The boys would perform harmonies. Now infamous boy band creator Lou Pearlman offered to take the some of the guys and turn them into a boy band. Luis Fonsi, singer of Despacito, was also in the band. But he had plans to attend FSU. Joey Fatone was not going to college and decided to join NSync. The rest is history.

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