In case you're not familiar with the show, here's a synopsis:
A Chorus Line was an unprecedented box office success and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations and winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history up to that time. The show has enjoyed many successful productions worldwide and was revived on Broadway in 2006. A Chorus Line feels as fresh, powerful and pertinent today as when it first debuted.
The show was derived from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers, known as “gypsies,” including eight who eventually appeared in the cast. With 19 main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for chorus line members of a musical. The show gives a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. A Chorus Line is a commemoration of those smiling chorus kids that back up the star. It is a tribute to anyone, in any line of work, who has ever taken a chance and put himself or herself on the line for appreciation, admiration, attention, approval or love. The show is dedicated to anyone who has ever marched in step... anywhere.
The show was last produced by the Guild in 1985, 1991, and 1999.
The Direction and Choreography is by Nina Denton Pasinetti; Musical Direction is by John Marshall; Technical Direction is by Tom Pasinetti; and Piano Accompaniment is by Mark Hornbaker.
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