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Total Rating: 
****
Previews: 
February 14, 2001
Opened: 
March 12, 2001
Ended: 
June 10, 2001
Country: 
USA
State: 
New York
City: 
New York
Company/Producers: 
Marty Bell, Chase Mishkin, Arielle Tepper, in assoc w/ Robyn Goodman & Tokyo Broadcasting System / Kumiko Yoshii.
Theater Type: 
Broadway
Theater: 
Ambassador Theater
Theater Address: 
219 West 49th St
Running Time: 
2 hrs, 30 min
Genre: 
Musical
Author: 
Linda Kline & Lonny Price; Songs: Ed Kleban
Director: 
Lonny Price
Review: 

Linda Kline and Lonnie Price take a moving, hilarious, and three-dimensional look at the lovable lunatic that was Edward Kleban, lyricist for A Chorus Line. Beautifully crafted yet more "real" than most musicals, the show is filled with moments to savor (such as Kleban forced to present at Lehman Engel's BMI workshop, and the way he, Michael Bennett, and Marvin Hamlisch arrived at "one singular sensation").

A touching love letter to an original human spirit, A Class Act is the best musical since Falsettos. It's struggling at the box office, so if you've been procrastinating, now's the time to get tickets.

Parental: 
profanity, adult themes
Cast: 
Lonny Price (Ed), Nancy Anderson, Jeff Blumenkrantz, Donna Bullock, David Hibbard, Patrick Quinn, Sara Ramirez, Randy Graff
Technical: 
Lighting: Kevin Adams; Sound: Acme Sound Partners; Set: James Noone; Choreog: Marguerite Derricks; Orchestr: Larry Hochman; Music Dir/Add'l Arrangements: David Loud; Music Coord: John Miller; Vocal Arr/Dance Music: Todd Ellison.
Critic: 
David Lefkowitz
Date Reviewed: 
March 2001