A Chorus Line is back on Broadway, and it's easy to see why it ran for fourteen years. This splendid production, directed by Bob Avian, based on creator Michael Bennett's conception, with the brilliant mirrored set by Robin Wagner, Tharon Musser's super lighting plan (adapted by Natasha Katz) and costumes by Theoni V. Aldredge (the gang's all here), with a dynamite Broadway cast including Charlotte d'Amboise as Cassie, this is Broadway at its best.
It's a great dance show, but it has what few new Broadway shows have: songs that you walk out humming. With music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, I'm still humming "What I Did for Love" and "At the Ballet," while "Singular Sensation" gives me a rhythm when I walk. The intricate movement, synchronized, counterpointed and created by Bennett and Avian, is still flashing in my head. Don't miss this one.
