("Gypsies," as they're known in the trade.)Ī Chorus Line opened on Broadway in 1975, and went on to set a record for the longest-running musical in Broadway history - a title it lost only in 1997, when Cats eclipsed its run. 1 Shop crew are busily engaged with the installation of the big six inch steam line which will feed the system of radiators throughout the new structure. Summary: Based on the Tony Award winning play which also won the Pulitzer Prize.
The result? A briskly self-aware, thoroughly stage-struck portrait of a theatrical portrait.Ī Chorus Line, remember, began as a workshop in which choreographer Michael Bennett recorded 22 Broadway dancers talking about their lives as dancers.Īudiotapes of those discussions were then shaped by Bennett - along with librettists James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, lyricist Ed Kleban and composer Marvin Hamlisch - into a paean to the usually unsung kids in the Broadway chorus. A CHORUS LINE is a celebration of those unsung heroes of the American Musical Theatre: the chorus dancers those valiant. A Chorus Line movie reviews & Metacritic score: Based on the Tony Award. Stern shot some 500 hours of footage at both cattle calls and callbacks for the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line, then combined glimpses of those "God, I hope I get it" tryouts with interviews and snippets of archival footage of the singular sensation that started it all. that itself is about auditioning for a musical.ĭocumentarians Adam Del Deo and James D.
Broadway groupies get a chance to trip down a theatrical rabbit hole in Every Little Step - a movie about auditioning for a musical.
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