Finally, the newly-buxom Val explains that talent alone doesn't count for everything with casting directors, and silicone and plastic surgery can really help. Don remembers his first job at a nightclub, Richie recounts how he nearly became a kindergarten teacher, Judy reflects on her problematic childhood, and the 4'10" Connie laments the problems of being short. Greg speaks about his discovery of his homosexuality, and Diana recollects her horrible high school acting class. Mark, the youngest of the dancers, relates his first experiences with pictures of the female anatomy and his first wet dream, while the other dancers share memories of adolescence. The scatter-brained Kristine is tone-deaf, and her lament that she could never "Sing!" is interrupted by her husband Al finishing her phrases in tune.
When she was six, she realized that ballet provided relief from her unhappy family life, as did Bebe and Maggie. Opening up, she reveals that her mother married at a young age and her father neither loved nor cared for them. Zach is angered when he feels that the streetwise Sheila is not taking the audition seriously. As he speaks, the other dancers have misgivings about this strange audition process and debate what they should reveal to Zach, but since they all need the job, the session continues. Bobby tries to hide the unhappiness of his childhood by making jokes. Mike took her place one day when she refused to go to class-and he stayed. He recalls his first experience with dance, watching his sister's dance class when he was a pre-schooler. The first candidate, Mike, explains that he is the youngest of 12 children. The stories generally progress chronologically from early life experiences through adulthood to the end of a career. With reluctance, the dancers reveal their pasts. He wants to learn more about them, and asks the dancers to introduce themselves. Zach tells them he is looking for a strong dancing chorus of four boys and four girls. After the first audition, 17 dancers remain. Make up that usually unappreciated essential of every successfulĪt an audition for an forthcoming Broadway production, the formidable director Zach and his assistant choreographer Larry put the dancers through their paces. The brilliant dance finale showing exactly the talent required to Turn to receive an individual bow, before joining together to perform
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The successful few, now dressed in full costume, step forward in The glamorous world of the musical theatre. Injury, pain and heartache to be involved with what is, to them,
By the end of the show the audience can identify withĮach performer and why they have endured a life filled with rejection, How they came to be in show business and what are their hopes, and Instead of making them read a shortĪudition, Zach asks, each hopeful to give a personal history of
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Nail-biting roller-coaster of emotions as a group of potential performersĪre put through a vigorous series of dance numbers and their numbersĪre gradually reduced to the sixteen from whom the director, Zach, The story takes the audience on a heart-rending, This show is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced inĪ chorus or marched in step. The most part, based upon the lives and experiences of Broadwayĭancers. The characters portrayed in "A Chorus Line" are, for Trained troopers who back up the star and often make them look more The chorus dancers, valiant, over dedicated, underpaid and highly Theatre Royal, Drury Lane - 22 July, 1976 (3 years) SynopsisĪ celebration of those unsung heroes of the Musical Theatre, Shubert Theatre, Broadway - 19 October, 1975 (6137 perfs) Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions,įirst performed at the Public Theatre, New York - 16 April, 1975 Original Broadway Production produced by the New York Shakespeareįestival. Music by Marvin Hamlisch Lyrics by Edward Kleban Walley (Bebe), Anthony Wayne (Richie), Tony Yazbeck (Zach), and Leigh Zimmerman (Sheila).Conceived & Originally Directed & Choreographed by Michael Simeone (Al), Ahmad Simmons (Tom), Ryan Steele (Larry), Naomi C. Elaine Marcos (Val), Melanie Moore (Judy), Jenna Nicole Schoen (Tricia), Joseph J. The production will feature Jay Armstrong Johnson (Bobby), Kate Bailey (Kristine), Callan Bergmann (Frank), Natalie Bourgeois (Lois), Tommy Bracco (Mike), Wesley Ian Cappiello (Roy), Max Clayton (Don), Aaron Patrick Craven (Butch), Francine Espiritu, Sara Esty (Maggie), Joseph Fierberg, Emily Franch (Vicki), David Grindrod (Mark), Eddie Gutierrez (Paul), Robyn Hurder (Cassie), Jolina Javier (Connie), Tara Kostmayer (Diana), Denis Lambert (Greg), J.
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