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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.
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 .
Songs from the musical A Chorus Line and/or its film adaptation. Pages in category "Songs from A Chorus Line " The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total.
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 ...
New City Stage wrote that "the brilliance of A Chorus Line has always been in the undeniable synergy of all its creative elements. Case in point: the show’s fifteen-minute "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love" number, better known as the 'Montage' since it actually consists of musical numbers within numbers, monologues, lyrical fragments and all-out dance sequences."
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]
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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 ] The Independent called it "hilarious, gutsy to attack...that is one of the best songs in Marvin Hamlisch 's snappy, agile score".