Presented on May, 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17, 2008 at the Civic Center Little Theater.  All shows begin at 8:00 PM.

Overview

A Chorus Line was an unprecedented box office success and critical hit, receiving 12 Tony Award nominations and winning nine of them, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.  It ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history up to that time.  The show has enjoyed many successful productions worldwide and was revived on Broadway in 2006.  A Chorus Line feels as fresh, powerful and pertinent today as when it first debuted.     

The show was derived from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers, known as “gypsies”, including eight who eventually appeared in the cast.  With nineteen main characters, it is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for chorus line members of a musical.  The show gives a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.  A Chorus Line is a commemoration of those smiling chorus kids that back up the star.  It is a tribute to anyone, in any line of work, who has ever taken a chance and put himself or herself on the line for appreciation, admiration, attention, approval, or love.  The show is dedicated to anyone who has ever marched in step. . .anywhere.

The show was last produced by the Guild in 1985, 1991, and 1999.

26 year old from Kansas City; has a wife and 2 kids; may go into stage managing and directing eventually; describes his night club experiences and Lola Latores with her twirling tassels in dialogue and song .

24 year old from New Jersey, Italian, sings and taps I Can Do That.

Real name Sidney Kenneth Beckenstein; Jewish, 32, from the East Side of New York City; speech about the realization that he is gay in song and dialogue.

Robert Charles Joseph Henry Mills III; 25 years old from upstate New York; tells about pranks as a child to set his brother on fire etc.; as a kid got slammed into lockers a lot; plans to dance until his legs drop off; wants to be a movie star; vain.

27 year old African American from Missouri; sings Gimme the Ball section of Montage and how he got a scholarship to college to teach kindergarten.

30 year old born in the Bronx; married to Kristine; featured in the number Sing with his wife.

20 year old from Arizona; real name Mark Phillip Lawrence Tabor; funny monologue about thinking he had gonorrhea as a child in song and speech.

25 year old from Spanish Harlem; real name Ephrain Ramirez; started dancing at 16; strong dramatic scene about performing in drag.

35 to 40’s director and choreographer; once in love with Cassie.

20’s to 30’s; assistant choreographer to Zack.

25 year-old from California, featured in Beautiful at the Ballet.

A short 30-ish girl who wanted to be a prima ballerina and tried out for cheerleader.

A dancer whose career showed major promise and who has tried to make it beyond the chorus; she’s now in her 30’s, Zack’s ex-wife and wants a job back in the chorus; sings and dances Music and the Mirror.

30 year old aggressive and tough performer; born Sara Rosemary Bryant from Colorado Springs; wanted to be a ballerina; now is thinking of opening a dance school; featured singer in Beautiful at the Ballet.

22 year old from Boston; born Bebe Benzenheimer; just arrived on Broadway; strong singer and featured in Everything is Beautiful at the Ballet. 

28 year old from El Paso, Texas; born Judy Turner; written for a girl a little tall or extra thin; wants to do more than dance in the chorus.

22 year old from St. Louis who is married to Al; performs I Really Couldn’t Sing.

25 year old from Vermont; born Margaret Mary Houlihan; speech about wanting to be a Rockette at Radio City; sings Dance 10, Looks 3.

Ethnic type from the Bronx; born Diane Morales; speech about the High School of Performing Arts and acting class; sings Nothing and What I Did For Love.

Original Broadway Production: Book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Ante; Lyrics by Edward Kleban; Music by Marvin Hamlish; Original concept, direction and choreography by Michael Bennett.

For the Guild: Direction and Choreography by Nina Denton Pasinetti; Musical Direction by John Marshall; Technical Direction by Tom Pasinetti; Piano Accompaniment by Mark Hornbaker.