Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 .
A Chorus Line retook the record for most performances after Oh! Calcutta! closed. The longest running off-Broadway musical to date is The Fantasticks, which starred Jerry Orbach. When it closed on January 13, 2002, it had run for 42 years and 17,162 performances, making it the world's longest-running musical.
The cast rehearses a scene for the University of Notre Dame’s film, television and theater department's production of the 1975 musical “A Chorus Line” that opens April 18 and continues ...
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]
"What I Did for Love" is a song from the musical A Chorus Line with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban.It was quickly recognized for its show-business potential outside Broadway and was picked up by popular singers to include in their performances in their club and television appearances.
Brown is known for originating the role of June in the 1975 Bob Fosse-directed Broadway musical Chicago, [3] and for such films, television series and stage productions as the original cast of A Chorus Line [4] and Pippin, [5] Zebrahead, [2] Ali, Six Feet Under, Sister, Sister, Nash Bridges and NYPD Blue.
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.