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 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 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 Conceived & Originally Directed & Choreographed by Michael
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