'A Chorus Line' spotlights trials, perils of performing life

Charleston Gazette;  July 22, 1999 ;     431 words ...STAFF WRITER Were "A Chorus Line" nothing more than a show about...dancers hoping for a job when "A Chorus Line" opens at 8 p.m. Friday at the guild...411 Tennessee Ave. For dancers, "A Chorus Line" is the ultimate art-imitates-life...

Guild's latest rendition of 'A Chorus Line' is its best one yet

Charleston Daily Mail;  July 24, 1999 ;     508 words ...ON a scale from 10 to "One," "A Chorus Line" invites favorable comparisons in originality...guild's West Side theater on Friday, "A Chorus Line," the theatrical watershed, at first...a-show musical comedy, the Broadway chorus line audition. Nearly 20 utility dancers...

ABS, CHORUS LINE TEAM UP FOR ALLEN B.(Brief Article)

WWD;  December 1, 1998 ;     339 words ......joint venture to design collections for Chorus Line could shake up the moderate market in...ABS, and Andrew Cohen, president of Chorus Line, launched a collection of moderate-price...the label Allen B last month at the Chorus Line showroom at 1410 Broadway here. For...

SEE "CHORUS LINE" AS IT WAS MEANT TO BE SEEN.(CITY LIFE)

The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC);  November 6, 1997 ;     633 words ...Byline: Leslie Mizell A Chorus Line didn't feature a boy-meets-girl...the selection is made, and the chorus line becomes anonymous once again for...lyrics. When the dust cleared, A Chorus Line had won Tony Awards for musical...

`CHORUS LINE' STILL HAS SHINING MOMENTS.(Life and Arts)(Review)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  February 1, 2003 ;     497 words ......it opened in New York 28 years ago, A Chorus Line was astonishing. All those shocking...All that anxiety and longing! As A Chorus Line has taken its place in the standard...Guys and Dolls, Evita. Contemporary Chorus Line audiences have to settle for little...

'A CHORUS LINE' DESERVES THE HYPE.(LIVING)

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  February 19, 1997 ;     428 words ......sensation'' is how the ads describe ''A Chorus Line.'' And for once, the hype is deserved...dance, and emotion fuse splendidly. ''A Chorus Line'' manages to make the falling chandeliers...the show continues to amaze. When ''A Chorus Line'' closed in New York in 1990 after more...

Dulling a Singular Sensation; Revived 'Chorus Line' Duplicates the...

The Washington Post;  October 9, 2006 ;     543 words ......sensation of diminishing returns pervades Broadway's new "A Chorus Line," which is essentially Broadway's old "A Chorus Line" minus the heartbreak, guts and exhilaration. "A Chorus Line," which ended a spectacular 15-year run in 1990, reopened...

'Chorus Line' aims to become a singular recording sensation

Oakland Tribune;  August 17, 2006 ;     700+ words ......the company of the newly minted hit "A Chorus Line" headed into a Columbia Records recording...would be his last Broadway project, the "Chorus Line" singers and musicians created one of...of the Broadway-bound revival of "A Chorus Line" took a day off from performances at...

TIMELESS ``CHORUS LINE'' STILL SCORES AS MUSICAL WITH...

The Virginian Pilot;  August 9, 2001 ;     656 words ......into mourning when ``Cats'' topped ``A Chorus Line'' as the longest-running musical in...doesn't have the heart and the grit of ``Chorus Line,'' which chronicles the poignant struggle...business. Regardless of statistics, ``A Chorus Line'' is the champion American musical because...

CHORUS LINE MERGER SET WITH CAROLE LITTLE.(Brief Article)

WWD;  June 1, 2000 ;     624 words ...LOS ANGELES -- Chorus Line Corp., the maker of All That Jazz...operation, which will be headquartered at Chorus Line's 210,000-square-foot facility in...private investment firm that acquired Chorus Line in early May, will finance the merger...

Without missing a step: 'A Chorus Line' returns to Broadway.(Stage)

Commonweal;  December 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......diverting revival of the legendary musical A Chorus Line. A glitzy stage extravaganza might not...potentially absurd universe, but then A Chorus Line occupies a theatrical niche of its own...James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, A Chorus Line opened in 1975 and went on to nab the...

STILL KICKING SINGULAR INDEED, `A CHORUS LINE' IS A 20-YEAR...

Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO);  March 25, 1997 ;     700+ words ......has turned in 3,000 performances in A Chorus Line. He's done the show on Broadway and toured...But he can't seem to get away from A Chorus Line. ``I left the Broadway company of A Chorus Line in 1980 and came to Denver, never expecting...

`A CHORUS LINE' PERSEVERES DESPITE MISSTEPS.(Entertainment)(Review)

Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  August 12, 1998 ;     518 words ......winner/loser ratios. And then there's ``A Chorus Line.'' When you think of it, the show is mostly about losers and losing. And yet ``A Chorus Line'' is the most popular Broadway musical...Repertory Actors Workshop revival of ``A Chorus Line'' multiplies the standard ``Chorus ...

CHORUS LINE OWNERS HIT WITH $40M SUIT.(lawsuit from GMAC Commercial Credit...

WWD;  May 17, 2001 ;     405 words ......the owners of bankrupt sportswear firm Chorus Line Corp. with a $40 million lawsuit alleging...Levine, who purchased 70 percent of Chorus Line's common stock in 1996 and took control...Levine Leichtman partners and former Chorus Line directors Mark Mickelson and Steven...

Chorus Line reduces its staff despite 'most profitable year.'(Brief...

WWD;  August 22, 1995 ;     270 words ...LOS ANGELES -- A downsizing of staff at Chorus Line Corp. was confirmed by Barry Sacks, chief...division, which he said is an important part of Chorus Line's future. He maintained that Chorus Line has grown significantly, conceding that as...