A CHORUS LINE
 


Young men and women filled with anxiety and hope audition for the chorus line of a Broadway show. By the time the audition is over, they are no longer a collection of anonymous bodies and eager smiles; they are individuals, each with a desperate past and tenuous future.

 

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1984 Tony Award
Special Award in honor of becoming Broadway's longest-running musical
 
1976 Tony Award
Best Musical
Best Book of a Musical
Best Original Score
Best Actress in a Musical
(Donna McKechnie)
Best Featured Actor in a Musical
(Sammy Williams)
Best Featured Actress in a Musical
(Carole Bishop)
Best Lighting Design
Best Choreography
Best Direction of a Musical
 
1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

1976 Theatre World Special Award
Ensemble Performance 

1976 Drama Desk Award
Outstanding Musical/Book
Outstanding Music and Lyrics
Outstanding Actress in a Musical
(Carole Bishop and Donna McKechnie)
Outstanding Choreography
Outstanding Director of a Musical

2007 Tony Award Nominee
Best Revival of a Musical
Best Performace by a Featured
Actress in a Musical (Charlotte
d'Amboise)

BROADWAY PREMIERE
Oct. 19, 1975, played 6,137 performances

REVIVAL
Sep. 18, 2006
 
COMPOSER
Marvin Hamlisch

LYRICIST
Edward Kelban

LIBRETTIST
James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
 
ORIGINAL CAST
Kelly Bishop, Pamela Blair, Wayne Cilento, Kay Cole, Patricia Garland, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez, Robert LuPone, Donna McKechnie, Michel Stuart, Thommie Walsh, Sammy Williams

DIRECTOR & CHOREOGRAPHER
Michael Bennett
 
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

PRODUCTION RIGHTS
Tams Witmark

LYRICS
libretto.musicals.ru
 

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