Guest Stars Pauletta Washington as Rachel Franklin Steven Gregory Norfleet as Cecil Franklin Christopher Redman as Clive Davis Luke James as Glynn Turman Major as Curtis Mayfield Christine Adams as Kate Walker Co Starring Aubriana Davis as Young Erma Sydney Hunter as Young Carolyn Drake Strickland as Young Cecil Eric Jepson as Production Assistant Michael Bolwaire as Big Frank Dana Woods as Little Norman Tyler James as Ken Ehrlich Nathan Hesse as First Stagehand Trent Fogleman as Second Stagehand Arthur "Kirk" Martin as George Michael