You Predict: "A Chorus Line Will Run For..." — Page 2

That's my feeling.

I can't imagine it getting great reviews.

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I'm going to say 4 years or about 1,300 performances. I think it'll have a great first year and then things will start to slide.

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I'm hopping on the 2-year bandwagon.

I am going with 4-5 years. Sorry but I hope it runs longer!

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FYI: The film version didn't win any Academy Awards, but it was nominated for three -- Best Film Editing, Best Original Song, and Best Sound.

I don't think the revival will run as long as the original. Not even close. Whereas CHICAGO's themes have become even more relevant over the decades, A CHORUS LINE doesn't relate to everyone outside of the business. I'll give it two seasons at the most.

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5 years is not only an obscene amount of time for a show that ran 15 years, but something that will never happen. As Munk has said, Mr. Bennet's staging and choreography will get good reviews as it always has and always will and the cast will get mixed reviews. I'd say 600 is the minimum with 900 being the maximum.

Updated On: 9/26/06 at 09:31 PM

I also give it the same amount of time as the 42nd Street revival, which was two years, so I'm jumping on that bangwagon.

Even if it gets amazing reviews, the fact remains that the original didn't close that long ago and is still fresh in everyone's minds, so some may feel that they don't need to see it again and will go see something new instead.

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I would'nt compare this production to the revival of 42nd street in terms of longevity. For one thing 42nd Street was much more of a spectacle which tourists flock to. Also, Randy Skinner bumped up the original choreogrpahy, and the production values were top notch. Plus, it didnt hurt that it played at 42nd & Broadway at that fabulous theatre. I personally give the show a season or two regardless of what the reviews say.

Haha, Alyson Reed's hair in the movie...gah. It's the best 80s cliche. Hahahaha!

I saw the pre-Broadway run here in San Francisco. It is a very good production with a few flaws that can easily be fixed. How long will it run? Who knows? As someone with a great passion for the musical theatre and all the trials and tribulations associated with the "backstage" aspects of it, ACL resonates with me on an extremely deep level (as I am sure it does with all of you).

I find it very sad that some younger kids today do not know about ACL, let alone Showboat, Oklahoma, or any other influential and truly authentic musicals (don't get me wrong, the modern stuff is awesome; but with the older fare, one gets a sense of true Americana and a time when Broadway was really at its highest artistic and dramatic form, you know?). These shows really influenced today's musicals.

ACL epitomizes Broadway; it represents the hopes, dreams, fears and everyday challenges of being a performer. For those working in musical theatre, the show resonates on an extremely deep level; so deep that, at times, it can seem almost too painful to watch. As a "non-performer," a regular spectator, it is a tribute; the ultimate appreciation for those forever-young boys and girls who give us their all day in and day out. In a perfect world, it would be required viewing for anybody going to the city that never sleeps (or anywhere else the shows playing). Jersey Boys; Tarzan; Millie; Hairspray; Wicked; POTO ... the audition process is alwys "basically" the same. And at times, it can be hell. And it is all captured in A Chorus Line. It is the hell which makes it great.

A Chorus Line is more than a musical. Time will tell if audiences concur.

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I work as an usher...hope the show runs for a very long time. I've heard the daily sales are excellent. The show, as it is right now (they cleaned it up a bit since last week), is very good. The audience may play a big word of mouth push.

2 years is what I say, too.

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Just about two hours......

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