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#1

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

So, I was searching through a used bookstore, and tucked into an LP of the original cast recording, was a playbill for a tour.

However, I have no idea when the tour was. The only names I recognized were:
Laurie Gamache (Kristine), Jane Bodle (Maggie), Jan Leigh Herndon (Sheila), Wayne Meledandri (Paul), Evan Pappas (Larry), Sachi Shimizu (Connie)

The Cassie is Thia Fadel (Who I have never heard of)

My best guess is this is the bus and truck tour that opened in 1980 and closed in 1982ish.

Anybody know anything?
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#3

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

I saw this tour play Kansas City, but with a few different members.

Jane was Maggie
Evan was in the tour but playing Al
Laurie was Kristine
I THINK Jan was Sheila

Leslie Woodies was Cassie
Lois Clark (I believe?) was Val

Jeez, it's been a while. But with several of the members you mentioned, I'll bet it was the same tour. I would have seen it around 1981-ish.
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#4

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

Ok, so this is probably the first tour cast.

Good to know that Cynthia Fleming changed her name...I think it was a wise decision.
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#5

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

Remembered a couple more names ...

It was Lois Englund (?) as Val, not Lois Clark.
Also Kevin Blair played Mike and later changed his name to Kevin Spirtas.

http://www.kevinspirtas.com/
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#10

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

You're welcome, husk.

Kevin was such a "hottie" as Mike back then. Here's a photo of him in one of the Friday the 13th movies, just a couple of years after he did ACL.

Chorus Line - 80s tour cast question

Not that he's not good looking now, but this was 30 years ago (!). I remember being very impressed with his dancing and singing (and looks).

Thanks for those reviews, morosco. Takes me back. Although I'm not sure why one of them didn't care for the vocals in At the Ballet. Jane Bodle has a killer voice! Her Maggie was thrilling, and she went on to do many Broadway shows (Cats, Les Mis, Miss Saigon, Me and My Girl, etc.)

Here's a clip when Jane was playing Fontine on Broadway in Les Mis. She was also Judy Kuhn's original understudy in the show as Cosette, and I think was the first to play the daughter (Cosette) and later the mother (Fontine) during the original run in New York:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-ERb3RXTfo

Not that I'm biased or anything! :) Jane grew up in my hometown in Kansas, and I've known her and her family since I was five. She's a few years older than me, but we go back to confirmation classes together in church as kids. LOL

Okay, one more clip when she was playing Demeter in CATS. She was in that crazy MTV video for "Rum Tum Tugger" with Terrance Mann, Marlene Danielle, Charlotte d'Amboise, etc. This always cracks me up. Jane's pretty heavily featured in it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y7n9jBqkxQ8
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