Adaptation Dye-Job: At least three characters who are usually played by brunettes or redheads became bleached blondes in the film.After one of them faces a possible career-ending injury, everyone confronts the question: what does it mean to them? In the end, eight are chosen.Ĭonnie: I'd settle for just one of yours. Ranging from hilarious to heartbreaking, they tell their stories one by one. However, once they're down to seventeen, Zach makes a surprising request: he asks the dancers to tell their names, ages, and a little bit of their Backstory - where they come from and why they dance. They do their best to impress the director, Zach, and hope they get the job. In this musical, the lives of many dancers converge on stage as they audition for a big musical. They gathered a bunch of their friends in acting and dancing together for a long night of conversation (and wine) and tape-recorded what was said.
and Nicholas Dante decided to collaborate on a musical about the lives of those folks on the Broadway chorus line, later joined by choreographer Michael Bennett. In 1975, composer Marvin Hamlisch, lyricist Edward Kleban, and writers James Kirkwood, Jr.