Episode 58 of "Boston public"
s03e14 Chapter Fifty-Eight
Title: Chapter Fifty-Eight
Original Air Date: 02/24/2003 on FOX
Guest Stars: Kelly Smith (Melanie Freelander), Mehcad Brooks (Russell), Jason Dohring (Ian Bridgeman), Jody Wood (Detective Wallace Denby), Christopher Aguilar (Stoughton), Keith Thibodeaux), Brian T. Skala), Brian T. Skala (Kyle), Matt Lutz (Devin Rickman), Aaron Todd Kessee), Richard Keith (Trevor James), Willam Belli (Mike)
Plot Outline:
American Idol songbird Tamyra Gray, who lost the competition but won the hearts of TV audiences, makes her TV dramatic debut. Gray plays a shy Winslow student named Aisha, whose solo in an empty study hall overwhelms Marylin. So she persuades Aisha to audition for the upcoming school musical. The tryout's a disaster, but, thanks to Marylin's confidence-building, Aisha gets another shot. In other storylines, the battering of a gay teen prompts Guber to take a stand for tolerance... and a quickening crush on a fellow student ruffles a schoolgirl genius---who's 12.