Chicago Academy for the Arts receives ‘transformative’ gift from famous alum

Justin Tranter, songwriter for the Paramount+ television series “Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies.” (AP)

For Justin Tranter, the Chicago Academy for the Arts is more than the place where they learned the skills that helped make them one of the most successful songwriters of the past decade.

It’s also the place, Tranter says, that saved their life.