Why don’t they remount A Chorus Line at the Shubert?

[Merkin2]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 6:03pm

Seems like the perfect opportunity for everybody.  Small show can return “home” for a 50th anniversary production right in the Shubert’s signature theater.  Can be put together in weeks, liven up the season. 

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 6:24pm

Unless it’s a 2 week limited engagement, I’m sad to report any interest in A CHORUS LINE is very niche at this point. 

[darquegk]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 7:14pm

The thing that makes ACL so interesting, a historical discussion, is also the thing that makes it increasingly a relic: its "living documentary" presentational style. Still frozen in time from the original production 99% of the time, and constantly restaged to be as accurate as possible, it runs the risk of becoming not just a museum piece, but a human Audio-Animatronic display. If you've seen one really good Chorus Line, there is at least an argument to be made that you've seen them all.

And when the reason for the original show's success was how fresh, vibrant, real and NEW it felt, that sense of stagnation is deadly.

[Melissa25]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 8:33pm

I am looking forward to seeing the 50th Anniversary staging of A Chorus Line at Barrington Stage in July. 
https://playbill.com/article/a-chorus-line-will-get-50th-anniversary-staging-at-barrington-stage

Updated On: 2/20/26 at 08:33 PM

[BrodyFosse123]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 8:41pm

Melissa25 said: "I am looking forward to seeing the 50th Anniversary staging of A Chorus Line at Barrington Stage in July."

That would be the 51st Anniversary - 2025 was the musical's 50th anniversary (it opened on Broadway in 1975), 

[ACL2006]

Posted: 2/20/26 at 9:22pm

!!!Merkin2 said: "Seems like the perfect opportunity for everybody. Small show can return “home” for a 50th anniversary production right in the Shubert’ssignature theater. Can be put together in weeks, liven up the season."

SHUT UP