Bway Fans Sought for A Chorus Line Video Blog Series

One-minute A Chorus Line video blogs of Broadway fans, talking about the biggest risk they ever took or the greatest challenge they ever faced and how it changed them, will be featured on a new series to be seen on a www.achorusline.com.

The producing team of A Chorus Line will be interviewing people at the Schoenfeld theater this Saturday afternoon in midtown Manhattan. If interested in participating, please send an e-mail to: videoblogs@achorusline.com.

The interview itself will last 10-15 minutes and the video may be shown on the A Chorus Line web site. Those who participate will receive free A Chorus Line merchandise. 

The revival of A Chorus Line opened at the Schoenfeld Theatre on October 5th, 2006.  "In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete.  For 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. The one opportunity to do what they've always dreamed of," production notes state.  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 company features Ken Alan (Bobby), Brad Anderson (Don), Michael Berresse (Zach), Natalie Cortez (Diana), Charlotte d'Amboise (Cassie), Mara Davi (Maggie), Jessica Lee Goldyn (Val), Deidre Goodwin (Sheila), Tyler Hanes (Larry), James T. Lane (Richie), Paul McGill (Mark), Heather Parcells (Judy), Michael Paternostro (Greg), Alisan Porter (Bebe), Jeffrey Schecter (Mike), Yuka Takara (Connie), Jason Tam (Paul), Chryssie Whitehead (Kristine) and Tony Yazbeck (Al) in a cast of 29.

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 direction and supervision is by Patrick Vaccariello, orchestrations are by Jonathan Tunick, Billy Byers and Hershey Kay and vocal arrangements are by Don Pippin.

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.

The show remains the longest running American musical in Broadway history.

The 2006 Broadway cast recording of A Chorus Line was released by Masterworks Broadway and is available in stores nationwide.   For tickets for A Chorus Line and more information, visit www.Telecharge.com or call 212-239-6200. 

Photo of A Chorus Line star Charlotte d'Amboise by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.