Word: choruses
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...Chorus Line didn't need shills in the ticket line for long. It opened a few weeks later to raves, moved to Broadway, went on to win nine Tonys and ran for a (then, but no longer) mind-boggling 15 years. Its celebration of old-fashioned Broadway pizzazz combined with an astringent, character-driven intimacy - about the struggles, both professional and personal, of a band of aspiring Broadway hoofers auditioning for a new show - was something fresh in musicals. But a lot has changed since those pre-AIDS, pre-Andrew Lloyd Webber days. For one thing, the self-referential, show...
...Well, scratch the above qualms. Now that I've seen the new Broadway revival of A Chorus Line - directed by Bob Avian, who co-choreographed the original with creator Michael Bennett - my memories can rest easy. It's a great show, and this revival proves...
...loved this Chorus Line because it dashed all the fears I had that the show's inside-baseball look at the world of showpeople would look cliched and self-indulgent in retrospect. When 17 aspiring dancers line up in front of the godlike director Zach (Michael Berresse) and proceed to tell their life stories, you fear (all over again) a procession of formulaic, encounter-group confessionals. And you do get a little of that. But the amazing thing about the show (Bennett's conception, James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante's book, Ed Kleban's smart lyrics) is how seamlessly dance...
...most thrilling buildups in the history of the musical theater. But it's just the ice cream sundae at the end of Marvin Hamlisch's rich banquet of a score, with its equal helpings of Tin Pan Alley schmaltz and modernist invention. Sure, it's too soon for a Chorus Line revival. But it's also too soon to dismiss this show with mere nostalgia...
...voice was added to the chorus of on-campus media this Wednesday with the introduction of the Harvard “Disorientation Guide,” a left-leaning web primer aimed at revealing “the many holes in Harvard’s carefully-crafted image,” according to the website. The “Disguide” covers topics as diverse as the history of racism at Harvard, the role that the University has played in the country’s wars, and final clubs. Editors of the guide say they seek to present...