John F. Breglio for Vienna Waits Productions has announced casting for the new National tour of the critically acclaimed production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning musical A CHORUS LINE. The new National tour previews May 4-8 prior to it's official press opening on Thursday, May 9 at The Denver Center for the Performing Arts - Buell Theatre where it will run through May 17. Following its premiere in Denver, A CHORUS LINE will settle in for a seven-week run at The Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles, May 21-July 6 and then to move to San Francisco's Curran Theatre for three weeks July 8-27. The show continues on its 35-week initial schedule through June 2009. A tour route is attached.
The National tour cast features
Clyde Alves (Mike),
Venny Carranza (Roy),
John Carroll (Larry),
Emily Fletcher (Sheila),
Stephanie Gibson (Judy),
Michael Gruber (Zach),
NatAlie Hall (Val),
Derek Hanson (Don),
Hollie Howard (Maggie),
Jay Armstrong Johnson (Mark),
Julie Kotarides (Vicki),
Denis Lambert (Greg),
Jessica Latshaw (Kristine),
Ian Liberto (Bobby),
Stephanie Martignetti (Tricia),
Sterling Masters (Lois),
Pilar Millhollen (Bebe),
Colt Prattes (Al),
Gabrielle Ruiz (Diana),
Clifton Samuels (Tom),
Kevin Santos (Paul),
Nikki Snelson (Cassie),
Anthony Wayne (Richie),
J.R. Whittington (Butch),
Jessica Wu (Connie) and swing performers
Colin Bradbury,
Erica Mansfield,
Rebecca Riker,
Alex Ringler and
Brandon Tyler.
A CHORUS LINE reclaimed its place in the heart of Broadway at the
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 W 45th St) where it opened to rave reviews on October 5, 2006. Elysa Gardner of USA Today calls it "Exhilarating and endearing, it still has a freshness and fervency too seldom seen in contemporary musicals," while The New York Daily News exclaims "There's nothing better! The show thrills from the opening number to the glittering finale," and
Jeffrey Lyons of WNBC TV hails it "An American Masterpiece. A show for the ages." A CHORUS LINE is directed by its original Tony Award winning co-choreographer
Bob Avian and is produced by
John F. Breglio for
Vienna Waits Productions.
On February 21, 2007 it was announced A CHORUS LINE recouped its entire $8 million investment after running only 157 performances (19 weeks) since opening on Broadway. It's broken the theatre's box office record 7 times in its first 5 months on Broadway. On January 4, 2008, A CHORUS LINE celebrated its 500th performance and is now in its second year on Broadway.
A CHORUS LINE, conceived and originally choreographed and directed by
Michael Bennett, features a book by
James Kirkwood and
Nicholas Dante, music by
Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by
Edward Kleban.
Baayork Lee re-stages the original choreography.
The new production features scenery by
Robin Wagner, costumes by
Theoni V. Aldredge, lighting by
Tharon Musser adapted by
Natasha Katz and sound by
ACME Sound Partners. Musical supervision is by
Patrick Vaccariello with musical direction by
John O'Neill, orchestrations are by
Jonathan Tunick,
Billy Byers and
Hershy Kay and vocal arrangements are by
Don Pippin. The new 2006 Broadway cast recording of A CHORUS LINE was released by Masterworks Broadway and is available in stores nationwide.
The original production of A CHORUS LINE opened at
The Public Theater's Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975 and transferred to Broadway's Shubert Theatre on July 25th, opening there on October 19th of that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Score and Book, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It ran for nearly 15 years, closing on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. A CHORUS LINE remains the longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
Visit the official A CHORUS LINE website at
www.AChorusLine.com.
