A Chorus Line FAQ
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A Chorus Line FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Broadway's Singular Sensation

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eBook - ePub

A Chorus Line FAQ

All That's Left to Know About Broadway's Singular Sensation

About this book

The ultimate treasure trove of information, A Chorus Line FAQ presents history and fun facts, including: the unique workshop process through which the show was developed and written, the stories of its creators, the record-breaking Broadway run and numerous touring productions, and the captivating movie version. The book also features all-new chapters on the Broadway revival, the two London productions, and notable regional productions around the country. In addition to a chapter on A Chorus Line cultural history – with a guide to all the pop cultural references in the show – the book includes extensive photos as well as biographical information on the casts of the major productions. There are also chapters on recordings, previous books on the topic, and the landmark show's influence on subsequent Broadway musicals and films.

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Information

Publisher
Applause
Year
2000
eBook ISBN
9781495046032
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Theatre

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. 1. “It Would Be Better if I Knew Something About You”: How the Idea for A Chorus Line Was Born
  6. 2. “I Can Do That”: The Story of Michael Bennett
  7. 3. “We Did What We Had to Do”: The History of the Creative Team Behind A Chorus Line
  8. 4. “Rehearsals Begin August 4”: Joseph Papp and the New York Shakespeare Festival
  9. 5. “You Want This Job, Don’t You?”: Auditions, Summer 1974
  10. 6. “There’s a Lot I Am Not Certain Of”: The First Workshop
  11. 7. “Changes, Oh!”: The Second Workshop
  12. 8. “Your Stage Name, Real Name if It’s Different”: The Characters
  13. 9. “People That Look Terrific Together—And That Can Work Together as a Group”: The Original Cast
  14. 10. “Who Am I Anyway?”: The Understudies
  15. 11. “That Light . . . What Color Is That?”: The Designers and What They Did for A Chorus Line
  16. 12. “Wow, You Dance on Broadway . . . You Got Somewhere”: Rehearsals and Previews
  17. 13. “Play Me the Music”: The Score
  18. 14. “Bob Goulet Out, Steve McQueen In!”: A Chorus Line Cultural Literacy
  19. 15. “I Knew He Liked Me All the Time”: The Opening, the Critics and the Awards
  20. 16. “This Is Whatcha Call Trav’ling”: The Story of How A Chorus Line Toured the United States and the World
  21. 17. “They’re All Special”: The Ladies Who Played Cassie
  22. 18. “Good-bye Twelve, Good-bye Thirteen, Good-bye Fourteen, Good-bye Fifteen . . . ”: The Record-Breaking Run in New York
  23. 19. “If Troy Donahue Could Be a Movie Star . . .”: A Chorus Line and Its Journey to Film
  24. 20. “Then I Could Be a Movie Star”: The Cast of the Movie
  25. 21. “Starting Over”: The Broadway Revival
  26. 22. “This Fabulous Library”: The Literature on A Chorus Line
  27. 23. “But We Won’t Forget”: A Chorus Line and the Plague
  28. 24. “I Was in Ev’rything”: A Chorus Line in a Town Near You
  29. Appendix One: A Chorus Timeline
  30. Appendix Two: Cast List (with all replacements) for Original Broadway Production, 1975–1990
  31. Appendix Three: Opening Cast Lists for the Second Broadway, National, International, and London Companies: 1976–77
  32. Appendix Four: Opening Cast Lists for Touring Companies, 1980–1997
  33. Appendix Five: Opening Cast Lists for the Broadway Revival, Tours, and London Revival, 2006–2013
  34. Bibliography