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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.
Along with the cast, she won the 1976 Theatre World Award for Ensemble Performance for the show. Fifteen years later, along with cast member Thommie Walsh and Robert Viagas, she documented the evolution of A Chorus Line in the book On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line, published in 1990.
Musser won her first Tony Award for Best Lighting Design in 1972 for Follies, followed by Tonys for A Chorus Line in 1976 and Dreamgirls in 1982. She was nominated for Applause, A Little Night Music, The Good Doctor, Pacific Overtures, The Act, Ballroom, and 42nd Street. She also won the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for ...
He won seven Tony Awards for his choreography and direction of Broadway shows and was nominated for an additional eleven. Bennett choreographed Promises, Promises, Follies and Company. In 1976, he won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical and the Tony Award for Best Choreography for the musical 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.
Sammy Williams – A Chorus Line as Paul. Robert LuPone – A Chorus Line as Zach; Charles Repole – Very Good Eddie as Mr. Eddie Kettle; Isao Sato – Pacific Overtures as Kayama; Kelly Bishop – A Chorus Line as Sheila Bryant. Priscilla Lopez – A Chorus Line as Diana Morales; Patti LuPone – The Robber Bridegroom as Rosamund Musgrove
Critics' Choice Movie Awards: 0 1 Drama Desk Awards: 3 4 Golden Globe Awards: 2 11 Golden Raspberry Awards: 0 1 Grammy Awards: 4 11 Houston Film Critics Society: 0 1 International Film Music Critics Association: 1 1 Online Film & Television Association: 0 2 Online Film Critics Society: 0 1 Primetime Emmy Awards: 4 7 Pulitzer Prize: 1 1 ...
Kirkwood won the 1976 Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama with collaborator Nicholas Dante for A Chorus Line.