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A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical conceived by Michael Bennett with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante.. Set on the bare stage of a Broadway theater, the musical is centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line.
The song "comically makes it cringe-ably clear that Kristine is tone deaf while her husband (Al) helps her through it". [1] It features "newly married dancers auditioning for the same show. Kristine is the ditzy tone-deaf hopeful who is cleverly interjected by her husband Al in her "solo."" [2]
Director Michael Bennett explained his view regarding the song's inception and placement within the show: [1] I want the audience to walk out of the theatre saying, 'Those kids shouldn't be in a chorus!' And I want people in the audience to go to other shows and think about what's really gone into making that chorus . . . It fades with them ...
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"I Hope I Get It" is a ten-minute sequence, one of the most exciting openings in all musical theatre. We are watching the beginning of the final phase of a Broadway tryout. A rehearsal piano plays as Bennett fills the stage with flying arms and legs, as groups of dancers in rehearsal clothes vanish and reappear.
“Theatre by the Sea and Prescott Park Arts Festival were a masterclass in the Arts,” said Tobin. “How blessed I was to be a small part of their history and to now share their legacy at this ...
The song "One" from A Chorus Line functions in a different way. The various phases of construction/rehearsal of the number are shown, and because the show is about professional dancers, the last performance of the song-and-dance routine has all the gloss and polish expected of Broadway production values.