A Chorus Line

DVD cover for the film version of A Chorus Line. MGM/UA. From Outcyclopedia, the free and queer encyclopedia. A Chorus Line is a Broadway musical conceived, directed, and choreographed by Michael Bennett, with music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban. The book was assembled by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante. After a successful Off-Broadway run at the Public Theater, the show opened at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and closed there on April 28, 1990 after 6,137 performances. It also toured successully, including a run at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. The setting is a theater on Broadway. Young hopefuls are auditioning for a job as a gypsy in the chorus line of a musical. The show gives a glimpse into the various personalities of the performers and the choreographer. Highlights include the songs "One" and "What I Did for Love." A Chorus Line dominated the Tony Awards in 1975, winning almost every award given for a Broadway musical, including best musical, best actress, best actor, best director, best score, best lighting and best choreographer. Movie adaptation In 1985, a movie version, A Chorus Line: The Movie, was released by Columbia Pictures starring Michael Douglas. It was adapted for the screen by Arnold Schulman and directed by Richard Attenborough. External links: A discussion about the making of A Chorus Line Internet Broadway Database entry for A Chorus Line Internet Movie Database entry for A Chorus Line Entry added 9 February, 2005. This article uses material from the Wikipedia article, "A Chorus Line." All text is available for use under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License. (see Copyrights for details). DISCLAIMER: This is not an adult site, and does not contain any pornographic images or material. Any references to sex or other adult material or behavior is made from a purely academic standpoint. Images used on this site are credited whenever possible, and any whose copyright status is in dispute will be gladly removed or credited upon request. Not all persons listed on this site are or were openly homosexual, but reasonable conclusions about their sexuality may and has been made from diaries, letters, and other writings and accounts made by them and/or those who knew them. Several others are heterosexual and are included here for the impact, whether positive or negative, they have made on queer culture and history.