Music by: Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by: Edward Kleban
Book by: James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante
Conceived by: Michael Bennett
Directed by:Bob Avian
Synopsis: Dancers audition for a Broadway musical, during the audition we learn of the dreams and disappointments of the would be auditioners. Eventually eight are choosen and the show closes with a glitzy song and dance routine.
NEW YORK TIMES:
"For five thrilling, fleeting minutes, it’s heaven on Broadway, one of those hallowed occasions in theater when anxious expectation is transformed in a heartbeat into sweet consummation. Since “A Chorus Line” left Broadway only 16 years ago, to have it return more or less exactly as it was makes it feel like a vintage car that has been taken out of the garage, polished up and sent on the road once again. Now isn’t one of the points of “A Chorus Line” that musicals are not machines?"
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NEW YORK POST:
"Though it closed 16 years ago after 6,137 performances, there are still plenty of people who didn't see it that first time around. And it's probably these people, even more than those driven by nostalgia, to whom Bob Avian's resuscitation of "A Chorus Line," which opened last night at the Schoenfeld, will most appeal. What remains is a good reproduction of a great original. But if you've seen it before, you needn't run to see it again."
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NEWSDAY:
" Is 16 years too soon to justify a full-blown nostalgia-fest for the Pulitzer Prize-winning phenomenon? Ask someone else, please. Bob Avian, protege of Bennett and co-choreographer of the original, has put together a tracing-paper revival that plays as if the long-running show had never stopped running."
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VARIETY:
"The thrill of discovery can never be repeated, and the legendary synergy of that first cast, many of whom were part of the development process, is lost forever. But this lovingly mounted replica gives ample evidence of what makes the show such a landmark."
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THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER:
"But while the show has the undeniable air of a museum piece, it still very much has the power to move, and its great moments remain intact. While this version is unlikely to repeat the long-running success of the original, it should have a substantial run, appealing to both nostalgic fans of the original and a new generation of infatuated Broadway hopefuls."
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