Just saw the year-old revival of A Chorus Line. Amazingly, for being the theater buff that I am, I had only seen one production of the show, produced by the Stanford University theater department when I was in high school. So it was a real treat to not only see the show on Broadway, but to see a recreation of the original production.There is honestly very little complaining I can do about this show. Certain actors were definitely stronger than others, but that also comes with the territory of certain songs having become more iconic than others (read: Cassie's number, "At the Ballet," "Nothing," etc.). The cast was probably half original to the revival, half new at the beginning of the summer. But as an ensemble, they were so tight and cohesive that it seemed as though they had been performing together for years. I was also surprised at the amount of passion and energy that spilled from them after having been in the show for nearly a year and a half.
And as an audience, we all ate. it. up. Every last note, ball-change, pirouhette and punchline. And we would do it over and over again if we could.
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I know the girl who used to play Bebe...apparently she's not doing it anymore. I looked at the ACL website, and she is in the group cast pic, but not in the individual bios. Interesante--I guess you didn't see her. Alisan Porter, btw.
the girl who played bebe was a replacement, but funny enough she joined the cast straight from the ensemble of Spring Awakening. Not a bad move, eh? and ig only goes to show the range of talent that she has, to go from a rock musical to a major classic like a chorus line. the girl could move, and had fabulous legs! :)
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