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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 .
A Chorus Line is a 1985 American musical film directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Michael Douglas and Terrence Mann. The screenplay by Arnold Schulman is based on the book of the 1975 musical of the same name by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. The songs were composed by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban.
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On Sesame Street, it was covered by 10 Muppet numbers in a chorus line. The Simpsons parodied the song in the episode "Treehouse of Horror V". Catherine Zeta-Jones performed the song, with modified lyrics, in dedication to her husband Michael Douglas during the 2009 AFI Lifetime Achievement Award Ceremony.
A chorus line is a large group of dancers who together perform synchronized routines, usually in musical theatre. Sometimes, singing is also performed. While synchronized dancing indicative of a chorus line was vogue during the first half of the 20th century, modern theatre uses the terms " ensemble " and " chorus " to indicate all supporting ...
The Arts Desk described it as "the song about theatrical pretension". [4] Metro Theatre Arts wrote the song had "the essence of a star waiting to bloom". [5] CT Theatre News and Reviews described the song as "dead-on and quite moving". [6]
Norwood Stage described it as a "comic song". [3] Wicked Local North of Boston said it was a "cute comical song and dance". [4] Independent Newspapers said it "provide[s] comic relief". [4]
Priscilla Lopez is an American singer, dancer, and actress. She is perhaps best known for creating the role of Diana Morales in A Chorus Line.She has had the distinction of appearing in two Broadway landmarks: one of its greatest hits, the highly acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and, as a teenager, in one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which ...