A CHORUS LINE 5th Preview (9/22/06) — Page 3

It’s only as large as it is because of Donna Mckechnie , and what she made the role herself (with absurd amounts of help from Michael Bennett)

I think if you read the literature on how the number was created, you'll find McKechnie did alot of the choreography herself with Bobby Thomas on drums and Bennett just edited it.

I'm glad to hear I'm not the only one thinking Zach's character is a weak spot in this show. I was chastised in another thread for daring to point out that Zach seemed unimportant in this show, and it's nice to see I'm not alone in the assessment.

I'm so glad I never saw the original version. I enjoyed the hell out of this show when it was in SF, and like others are saying here, I think it has a lot to do with going in to the theater with one's eyes on the cast on the stage, not the cast in memory.

For whoever was asking earlier, SF had the horizontal windowcards (which pictured the cast on the line and a red background), magnets, Pins, Chorus line books, and T-shirts. I think there may have been a baseball cap as well.

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I agree totally with this review, even though I've seen the play and the movie. Charlotte is perfect for this part!

I totally agree with you.

Though I will see this production..I never saw the original.















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I too feel this Zach was a little weak. He also felt a little effiminate to me and when he went to go and console Paul's character after the speech i felt he was more into him that he had ever been with Cassie. The whole Cassie/Zach bit I felt looked forced and stale. I saw no spark bewteen them.

I didn't care much for Cassie either. Many people love her. I am not one of them. She just felt mousy to me. I couldn't buy she had that star potential she is suppose to have. I didn't find anything special or spectacular about her.

The show felt dated to me...don't get me wrong, I really enjoyed it for what it was, but it felt dated. I feel its lost what the original production had: that spark of a new idea or the shock of some of the lines. This show is so universal, the need to perform, the love of it, the odds against such a dream and the many people who despite it all go after it. It is so beautiful, I thunk why not put it into present day? I feel it would feel more real, more raw it would be like the audience were part of the audition panal and hence almost make them a character in the the show. I think it would have worked better in present day. The period setting of it makes it feel more like a "show" and less of an actual audition, which I think would be very exciting.

I did love natalie cortez, sheila, and paul. I found each one of them to be great in theor charactorizations and had it all working for them. Natalie, I thought had a great voice and really touched me with her songs "Nothing" and "What i did for love". Paul really touched me with his monologue, which I have seen quite a number of people do and can be quite a bit much, but he pulled it off nicely and Sheila just craked me up! She is utterly fabulous. Now here is one thing I kept thinking, wasn't the "Dance Ten, Looks Three" girl (name escapes me) suppose to be more of the sexpot? She was rather homely and dull. (And her costuming did nothing for her charater). She was terrible. I just got no sex appeal from here. And her song, I felt was flat. Also, she felt like a caricature as opposed to a real person...I guess this is what my impression of the show was, it felt very caricture-y and not very genuine and sincere. I just thinking that by making them more realistic, we could idenitfy with them more and feel for them.

I saw the show in the last San Francisco preview and all this coudl have been changed. And this could be dated. Despite all my issues with it, I did feel it was a fun show with great dancing and much appeal.