chorus line

"She said that before 'A Chorus Line,' dancers were hired basically to look pretty; rarely did a dancer have a sort of speaking part in a show.

The musical is set around a chorus line audition on Broadway and tells of the achingly poignant ambitions of professional New York dancers who struggle to land a job in a Broadway show.

"A Chorus Line" is set in 1975 at a Broadway Theatre where the director/choreographer, Zach is holding auditions for a new show.

Williams won best featured actor in a musical in 1976 for the role of Paul in "A Chorus Line." The pioneering musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch told of the inner lives of actors auditioning for a big show.

For Chorus Line, Michael Bennett had a group of show dancers tell their life stories.

While the real "star" of "A Chorus Line" is the chorus itself, standouts in this production included Kory Weimer's "Who Am I Anyway" and the lovely trio "At the Ballet" by Jessica Rossi, Nicole Garibay and Marcee Long.

The Volos Chorus Line from Greece; left, the USA's Brian Antonio Garcia andrew teebay

I'm rather ashamed to confess if it hadn't been for the belting ballad What I Did For Love (more on that later) appearing in Glee, I would have known absolutely nothing about A Chorus Line or its musical score so I took my seat for curtain up with an open and curious mind.

A Chorus Line is based on auditions for a new Broadway musical.

A Chorus Line opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway on July 25, 1975, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett.

| A Chorus Line is at the New Theatre, Cardiff, from October 15 to 19.

Choose a top West End show from our fabulous selection which includes A Chorus Line, Billy Elliot, Jersey Boys, Let It Be, Phantom of the Opera, Spamalot, Top Hat, War Horse, We Will Rock You, Wicked and more!

If the word is line, which also means rope (and a rope being a cheap cigar), then the word refers to a chorus line and also to the plumes of fumes of a burning rope.

A CHORUS LINE London Palladium GROUNDBREAKING dance musical A Chorus Line was a smash hit when it premiered on Broadway in 1975, running for a whopping 15 years.

At its best during the no-scoring Party mode, the singer gets his or her lines from the Wii U's Gamepad screen, facing the living-room audience, with those watching given the odd chorus line to sing on the TV.