A CHORUS LINE Plays the Cobb Energy Center, Opens 3/17

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical A CHORUS LINE comes to the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Thursday, March 17, 2011 through Sunday, March 20, 2011. Tickets are on sale now at the Cobb Energy Centre's Bank of North Georgia Box Office, 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at ticketmaster.com or by calling 800-745-3000. Group orders for 10 or more may be placed by calling 770-509-2301.

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 was directed by its original Tony Award winning co-choreographer Bob Avian. For this new production, Baayork Lee will direct and re-stage the choreography.

A CHORUS LINE recouped its entire $8 million investment after only 157 performances (19 weeks) on Broadway. It broke the theatre's box office record 7 times in its first 5 months. A CHORUS LINE ended its Broadway run on August 17, 2008 after 18 preview and 759 regular performances.

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.

The new production features original scenery by Robin Wagner, costumes by Theoni V.

Aldredge, lighting by Tharon Musser adapted by Natasha Katz and sound by Shannon Slaton. 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.

A CHORUS LINE will play Thursday, March 17, 2011 through Sunday, March 20, 2011. Performances are Thursday thru Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday afternoon at 2:00 p.m. Individual tickets are on sales now for A CHORUS LINE, affordably priced from $25 to $63.00, plus ticketing fees and available at the Bank of North Georgia Box Office at the Cobb Energy Centre, all Ticketmaster outlets locations, Ticketmaster.com or via phone at 800-745-3000. The box office, located at 2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway, Atlanta, GA 30339, is open Monday thru Friday 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., closed on Sundays. Group discounts for 10 or more are available by calling 770-509-2301.

Visit the official A CHORUS LINE website at www.AChorusLine.com.

NETworks Presentations, LLC (Producer). Founded in 1995 by Kenneth Gentry, Seth Wenig and Scott Jackson, NETworks has produced and managed over 70 national and international touring productions. Previous productions include Oliver!, Little Women starring Maureen McGovern, Jekyll & Hyde, Kiss of the Spiderwoman, Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt and Deborah Gibson, Fosse starring Ben Vereen and Ruthie Henshall, The Light in the Piazza, My Fair Lady co-produced with Cameron Mackintosh, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!, Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake, Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Annie and Hairspray among many others. Joining returning hits The Wizard of Oz, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Young Frankenstein, and the Lincoln Center's production of Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific this season are Joyful Noise's production of Handel's Messiah Rocks, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line, Blue Man Group National Tour and Les
Miserablés.

MEDIA NIGHT at A CHORUS LINE is Thursday, March 17 at 8 pm and there are tickets available for working press - those doing previews, calendar listings, interviews, or reviews of A CHORUS LINE . Please RSVP via email by Monday, March 14 at 5 pm if you are interested in attending. For press information, to request artwork, or to set up interviews, please contact Barkley Russell at either 770.235.3612 or barkley@barkleyrussellagency.com.

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About Cobb Energy Centre
The Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre, a $145 million, state-of-the-art facility, is located at
2800 Cobb Galleria Parkway in northwest Atlanta, inside the Perimeter. Cobb Energy Centre
is a premier venue for opera, concerts, Broadway shows, ballet, educational performances,
family shows and corporate meetings and events. The Centre hosts three resident companies,
The Atlanta Opera, Atlanta Ballet and the Gas South Broadway Series. The facility includes
the 2,750-seat John A. Williams Theatre, 10,000-square-foot Kessel D. Stelling, Jr. Ballroom
and other meeting spaces, 1,000 parking spaces including a 700-space parking deck, and
full-service food and beverage capabilities. The Centre, part of the Cobb-Galleria complex, is
governed by the Cobb-Marietta Coliseum and Exhibit Hall Authority. Additional information
about the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre is available at www.cobbenergycentre.com.

 

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