Morris Performing Arts Center Welcomes A CHORUS LINE, 11/5-6

The new production of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning® musical A CHORUS LINE comes to The Morris Performing Arts Center in South Bend for a limited engagement November 5th through 6th.  Tickets start at $27 and are available online at theaterleague.com, at The Morris box office or by calling 574.235.9190.
 
A CHORUS LINE reclaimed its place in the heart of Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre 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. 
 
Tickets start at $27 and are available online at theaterleague.com, The Morris box office or by calling 574.235.9190. Groups of 15 or more, call 1.866.31.GROUP and save 10%.  Military save 50% throughout the theater and students save 50% for balcony seating (excluding Saturday evening.) For more information on A CHORUS LINE, visit theaterleague.com. For photos, visit theaterleague.com/press. Become a fan of Broadway Theatre League on Facebook.
 
Please note: Broadway Theatre League and The Morris Performing Arts Center box office are the only official sources for tickets to A CHORUS LINE and all of the shows in the 2010-2011 Lincoln Broadway Series. If you purchase tickets through another source, you may pay over-inflated prices and your tickets will not be guaranteed.
 
The 2010-11 Lincoln Broadway Series is welcomed by the Ivy Court Inn & Suites.
 
Visit the official A CHORUS LINE website at www.AChorusLine.com.