How dance heavy is A Chorus Line?- Page 2

[mar6411]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 7:49pm

Namo,

I think Hogan was a little too short for that question.

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 7:50pm

Jonah - first, great come back to Idinabellfoster.  Things get a little pissy on these threads sometimes.  Personally, I wish some would just stay off the computer and watch Judge Judy.  She must be their hero.

And, yes - dance heavy.  Sit in the mezz.  

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 9:38pm

Is there much Shakespeare in Hamlet?

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 10:40pm

PalJoey, You ask half of the age old chicken and egg question: is there more Shakespeare in Hamlet or Hamlet in Shakespeare.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 11:37pm

IIRC, it was Bob Fosse who first bitched that ACL "talks a lot about dancing, but does very little of it." Personally, I don't think he was an unbiased source.

A poster above said there was dance only in the opening, closing and "Hello 12" numbers, but he was only counting the full-company dances. There is tap solo in "I Can Do That", a little ballet in "At the Ballet", etc. and so forth.

If you like to watch dance from the mezzanine, that's where you should sit.

Even when they aren't officially dancing, there's a lot of meaning in the staging, if it is anything like the original. Hint: there's a white line bisecting the stage. When the characters are on the line or in front of it, they are usually in the "present" (i.e., at the audition). When they are US of the line, they are in their past, reenacting their memories.

[gypsy101]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 11:47pm

Do any cabarets appear in the musical Cabaret?

[HogansHero]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 11:50pm

I think the OP set things off on a tangent that has prevented a straightforward statement regarding the actual question. Whether anyone thinks the show is dance heavy or not, it is absolutely a dance important show. And for that reason, you will want to see the dancing from the best possible vantage point. My other great interest besides the theatre is baseball. In baseball, a majority of one's time is spent NOT seeing what you came to see. But that doesn't mean you want to sit in section 434B.

[Phillypinto]

Posted: 7/13/15 at 11:56pm

I knew I had a connection with fosse!! Love himmmm. Fav choreographer :))

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 12:05am

There isn't a single musical that doesn't look better from the first row of the mezzanine.

[Ranger Tom]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 1:03am

"There isn't a single musical that doesn't look better from the first row of the mezzanine."

Truth!

[AEA AGMA SM]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 9:33am

And as anyone who has performed in or worked on the show, especially when being staged by Baayork Lee or one of the others who learned the show from her, while it may not be the most heavy dancing you'll do for one show (a number of I know dancers will give that distinction to Cats) every inch of that show is choreographed. Every stage picture is meticulously planned and just about every movement is accounted for. It's not just the few handfuls of dancing in the select numbers mentioned earlier in this thread. 

Definitely opt for the mezzanine if possible. 

[Auggie27]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 9:36am

Yes.  Front mezz, I never sit anywhere else if I have a choice (and the $$) for musicals.   

[CarlosAlberto]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 9:43am

First row mezzanine is definitely the way to go with a show like A CHORUS LINE. You'll get the full scope of the staging and choreography - - - including the iconic opening numbers and the electrifying finale.

[bowtie7]

Posted: 7/14/15 at 9:54am

Since you mentioned it was a regional production of A Chorus Line, the orchestra versus mezzanine question may also have to consider how big the theater is and how far the mezzanine is from the stage. While I would agree with many that the mezzanine would be best in a smaller Broadway theater, but that might not be as ideal a seat at a very large road house.

Updated On: 7/14/15 at 09:54 AM