Due to production delays and other problems, the sound engineers were left waiting around with nothing to do. In a bid to remain active, they accepted director William Lustig's offer to mix his then-current project Maniac - explaining why such a notorious low-budget film received a full Dolby Stereo sound-mix at a time when they were the domain of studio films.
Some non-English language markets and territories released the film as ''Fama 2: Camino a Broadway'' / ''Camino a Broadway: Fama 2" allegedly implying that the picture was a sequel to Fame (1980).
Actress Gene Foote and actor-choreographer Gene Foote both recently had worked on Bob Fosse's All That Jazz (1979).