A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY
A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#0
Posted: 1/12/05 at 4:34am
I think the timing is perfect.
CHORUSLINE
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/20/04
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re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#2
Posted: 1/12/05 at 11:58amI hope it goes into a small to medium house.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#3
Posted: 1/12/05 at 12:09pmI guess since the Shubert will be taken maybe it can go where good vibrations is?
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#5
Posted: 1/12/05 at 12:19pmThat would be the logical choice. I think the Minskoff will be available by that time but would be a huge mistake for this show.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#6
Posted: 1/12/05 at 12:57pmThis show needs a older theater. One wher you can sense history.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#7
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:07pmWhats in the Plymouth?
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#8
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:13pmWhen I was a undergrad at NYU I would always go see Chorus Line when I was down or lonely. It was like a very good friend. I am so glad it is coming back.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#9
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:15pmFolks, it's not opening until a YEAR from September -- that's 21 months away. There's no point on speculating what theatres will be available that far into the future at this point.
Joined: 12/31/69
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#11
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:33pmWhat theater did they shoot the awful movie in?
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#12
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:35pmI seem to rember it being the "Mark hellinger". But I could be wrong.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#13
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:35pmSorry, I blocked that and everything else associated with that piece of garbage out of my mind.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#14
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:37pmBlocking is no good. We must learn from past mistakes. And I hope that with this chorus line they film the performance for posterity.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#15
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:40pmWell, I had to block it to try and regain the splendor that was the original stage production. That was a show that I saw a number of times and being an acting student at the time it was also a show that spoke to me in many ways. Then Sir Dicky comes along and does a hatchet job on the show. I too hope that there could be a filmed stage performance, if the revival lives up to the original Bennett masterpiece.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#16
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:45pmI hope so too. I have been so disappointed by the horrible jobs they have done with the recent revivals of Fiddler, Little Shop, and La Cage. They have no soul.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#17
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:50pmIt is not a good sign that that Bialy ( I can't rember her name) woman is involved. She has gone around the country recreating different productions of Chorus Line and they all come out like plae copies of the original. Sort of like a painting by numbers.
Joined: 12/31/69
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#18
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:52pmThe last production I saw was outhere in Los Angeles. bee Newirth was playing Cassie. The production itself was a pale copy of the original. And yes; that woman directed it.
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/9/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#19
Posted: 1/12/05 at 1:56pmI don't think this is such a sure fire hit. A chorus line is a very simple yet big hearted show. It might just go over the heads of our "Wicked" audiences of today.
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#20
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:05pmI hope they cast iit very young. And please... no Nick Lacheys or Ginger Spice in the casting. Keep it young, unknown, and real.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#21
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:06pmBaayork Lee
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#22
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:08pmThats her. My red flag went up the second I knew she was involved. I hope it is not a museum peice.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#23
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:08pmBaayork Lee must be about 132 years old by now.
re: A CHORUS LINE RETURNING TO BROADWAY#24
Posted: 1/12/05 at 2:10pm
Bialy? Do you mean Baayork Lee? Wow, I've always heard that she's awesome (haven't seen any of her stagings I can't really comment). I was actually glad to see that she's involved, being that she's an original cast member and dance captain. All the reviews I read about the 2001 tour were awesome. And she'll be directed by Bob Avian, so hopefully they'll find the right "spirit".
I too wonder how today's audiences, used to mega-musicals like "Wicked" and "The Lion King", will grasp the simple yet complex concept of "A Chorus Line".
This would be one trip to NY I would definitely would make the effort for... ACL is my all time favorite musical.
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