'A Chorus Line' returns to Broadway, stops in S.F.

From: Oakland Tribune | Date: July 25, 2006 | Copyright information

THERE'S A BIG QUESTION at the heart of the new Broadway-bound production of "A Chorus Line" now in previews at San Francisco's Curran Theatre: Does a 21st-century audience still care about dancers from the mid-'70s?

One fact is without question: "A Chorus Line" is one of Broadway's most remarkable hits.

When it opened in 1975, it was completely fresh. Director- choreographer Michael Bennett's vision was simple and direct. He wanted to take an audience into the hearts and souls ...

Read all of this article with a FREE trial to HighBeam Research

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles from HighBeam Research

`CHORUS LINE' STILL HAS SHINING MOMENTS.(Life and Arts)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ; Byline: JOE ADCOCK P-I theater critic When it opened in New York 28 years ago, A Chorus Line was astonishing. All those shocking revelations! All that flashy dancing! All those heart-tugging songs! All that anxiety and longing! As A Chorus Line has taken its place in the standard stage musical
STILL KICKING SINGULAR INDEED, `A CHORUS LINE' IS A 20-YEAR SENSATION.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO) ; Byline: Alan Dumas Rocky Mountain News Staff Writer Michael Gorman has turned in 3,000 performances in A Chorus Line. He's done the show on Broadway and toured with it ...
6,137 Singular Sensations; After 15 Years and a Month's Reprieve, the Countdown to `A Chorus Line's' Last Kick
The Washington Post ; It's not the brightest or the funniest observation in "A Chorus Line." In the more than 6,000 times it's been uttered from the stage of New York's Shubert Theatre, I suspect no one ever took much notice of it. But in recent weeks, the line has acquired a marked poignancy. It comes at a turning
`A CHORUS LINE' PERSEVERES DESPITE MISSTEPS.(Entertainment)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) ; A few winners, lots of losers: we all know the score there. And much of show business exists to help us forget the nasty facts of life regarding winner/loser ratios. And then there's ``A Chorus Line When you think of it, the show is mostly about losers and losing. And yet ``A Chorus Line'' is the
'Chorus Line' aims to become a singular recording sensation
Oakland Tribune ; ON JUNE 2, 1975, the company of the newly minted hit "A Chorus Line" headed into a Columbia Records recording studio to make history. On that fateful day, under the watchful eye of producer Goddard Lieberson, the king of Broadway cast recordings working on what would be his last Broadway project,