Saturday, November 20, 2010

chorus of one

chorus of one


Life is nothing but a series of tribulations and ordeal which might be grave or easier to perform but they cary imense significance al along. A Chorus Line is one such musical where the plot glides around seventen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The show provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers. The original Broadway production was an unprecedented box ofice and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations and wining nine of them, in adition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. It ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-runing production in Broadway history up to that time. It remains the longest runing Broadway musical originaly produced in the United States. The musical opens up with the note when an audition for an upcoming Broadway production, director Zach and his asistant choreographer Lary put the gypsies through their paces. Zach is loking for a strong dancing chorus of four boys and four girls. After the first cut, 17 dancers remain. He wants to learn more about them, and asks the dancers to introduce themselves. With reluctance, the dancers reveal their pasts. The first candidate, Mike recals his first experience with dance, watching his sister's dance clas when he was a pre-scholer. Mark, the youngest of the dancers relates to his first wet dream and the other dancers share memories of adolescence. Feling that Casie is dancing down, Zach confronts her. The final eight dancers are selected. A Chorus Line received 12 nominations for the Tony Awards in 1975, wining nine. The wining categories were Best Musical, Best Actres, Best Featured Actor, Best Featured Actres, Best Director, Best Musical Bok, Best Score, Best Lighting design and Best Choreographer. The musical also won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for drama, becoming one of the few musicals ever to receive this honor.
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