A Chorus Line

A Chorus Line

For the fifteenth episode of IN THE SPOTLIGHT we had our first-ever 'Listeners Choose’ contest, and the winner was clear... the groundbreaking 1975 musical A CHORUS LINE. Michael and Anika dive into the Pulitzer Prize-winning piece about the lives of Broa
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vor 5 Jahren

A CHORUS LINE Book by James Kirkwood &
Nicholas Dante | Music by Marvin Hamlisch | Lyrics by Edward
Kleeban | Conceived and Originally Directed and Choreographed by
Michael Bennett


Episode Segments:


1:55 - Speed Test

3:25 - Why God Why

8:07 - Back to Before

23:48 - What's Inside

50:15 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?

1:13:45 - Our Favorite Things

1:22:10 - Corner of the Sky

1:24:09 – What Comes Next?



Works Consulted & Referenced:


A Chorus Line (Original Libretto) by James Kirkwood &
Nicholas Dante

On the Line: The Creation of A Chorus Line by Robert Viagas,
Baayork Lee, & Thommie Walsh with the Entire Original Cast

What They Did for Love: The Untold Story Behind the Making of
A Chorus Line by Denny Martin Flinn

The Longest Line: Broadway’s Most Singular Sensation by Gary
Stevens & Alan George

One Singular Sensation: The Michael Bennett Story by Kevin
Kelly

A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett by Ken
Mandelbaum

The Way I Was by Marvin Hamlisch with Gerald Gardner

Every Little Step (2008 Documentary) Directed and Produced by
James D. Stern & Adam Del Deo



Music Credits:


"Overture" from Dear World (Original Broadway Cast
Recording)  | Music by Jerry Herman | Performed by Dear
World Orchestra & Donald Pippin

"The Speed Test" from Thoroughly Modern Millie
 (Original Broadway Cast Recording) | Music by
Jeanine Tesori, Lyrics by Dick Scanlan | Performed by Marc
Kudisch, Sutton Foster, Anne L. Nathan & Ensemble

"Why God Why" from Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live
Recording  (Original Cast Recording  /
Deluxe)  | Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Lyrics by
Alain Boublil & Richard Maltby Jr.  | Performed by
Alistair Brammer

"Back to Before" from Ragtime: The Musical (Original
Broadway Cast Recording)  | Music by Stephen Flaherty,
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens | Performed by Marin Mazzie

"What's Inside" from Waitress (Original Broadway Cast
Recording)  | Music & Lyrics by Sara Bareilles |
Performed by Jessie Mueller & Ensemble

"At the Ballet” from A Chorus Line (Original Broadway Cast
Recording) | Music by Marvin Hamlisch & Lyrics by Edward
Kleeban | Performed by Kelly Bishop, Nancy Lane, Kay Cole &
Don Pippin

"Maria" from The Sound of Music (Original Soundtrack
Recording)  | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar
Hammerstein II | Performed by Evadne Baker, Anna Lee, Portia
Nelson, Marni Nixon

"My Favorite Things" from The Sound of Music (Original
Soundtrack Recording) | Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics
by Oscar Hammerstein II | Performed by Julie Andrews

"Corner of the Sky" from Pippin (New Broadway Cast
Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz |
Performed by Matthew James Thomas

“What Comes Next?” from Hamilton (Original Broadway Cast
Recording) | Music & Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda |
Performed by Jonathan Groff

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