A Chorus Line

Synopsis

Auditions are underway for a new Broadway musical. For everyone present, it’s the chance of a lifetime. It’s the one opportunity to do what they’ve always dreamed of – to have the chance to dance.

Based on true stories, A Chorus Line was one the longest running musicals in New York theatre history, breaking records, winning nine Tony Awards, seven Drama DeskAwards, the New York Critics’ Circle Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Now for the first time since its award-winning London season premiered in 1975, the original creators join forces to bring this legendary musical to the world-famous London Palladium.

‘Yes, a Broadway legend is back in town. Spectacular.’  - The Times

‘Showbiz heaven. Outstanding, terrific and brilliant’ - Daily Telegraph

Leading a cast and company of over 50, John Partridge will play Zach (Cats, Grease, Miss Saigon, EastEnders). West End leading lady Scarlett Strallen will play Cassie (Singin’ in the Rain, Mary Poppins, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang). Stage screen actress Leigh Zimmerman will play Sheila (Chicago, The Producers, Contact) and Victoria Hamilton-Barritt will play Diana (Gypsy, West Side Story).

Boasting such classics as ‘One (Singular Sensation)’, ‘What I Did For Love’ and ‘At The Ballet’, A Chorus Line is an iconic musical masterpiece that should not be missed. Buy tickets today!

Our Review:

Michael Coveney - 20 February 2013

Half a lifetime ago I watched the first night of A Chorus Line from the grand circle at Drury Lane. Nothing in musical theatre had ever matched its simple, Brechtian combination of confessional psychotherapy, heart-breaking audition, backstage lore, and choreographic patterning of dance moves and the chorus line.

There might be another way of doing the show conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett for the Public Theater in New York (that powerhouse's second big long-running Broadway success, following another money-spinning trail-blazer, Hair), but there isn't a better one. So, sitting in the Palladium dress circle was distinctly déjà vu.

And while this new version, directed and re-staged by two of Bennett's key collaborators, Bob Avian and Baayork Lee, presses all the right buttons and create...

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Latest User Review

Debra Parker - 20 May 2013:

The music was good, and so was the singing. But it never really went anywhere, and towards the end my mind was wondering, and lost interest in the show....

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