A Chorus Line - Sadler's Wells Theatre (2024)

Seventeen stories. Eight chances. One singular sensation.

New York City. 1975. On an empty Broadway stage, seventeen performers are put through their paces in the final, gruelling audition for a new Broadway musical. Only eight will make the cut.

A Chorus Line is a musical masterpiece that revolutionised Broadway, with creator Michael Bennett using real-life testimonies from late-night recording sessions with dancers. Celebrate the lives of theatre’s unsung heroes, as they tell searing stories of ambition, shattered hopes, and what it really costs to follow your dreams.

Originally produced at Curve and Directed by Nikolai Foster, with a book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante, music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban, A Chorus Line features iconic songs including One, I Hope I Get It, Nothing and the hit ballad What I Did For Love.

The legendary Adam Cooper (Singin’ in the Rain, Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake) and Carly Mercedes Dyer (The Drifters Girl Tour, Anything Goes, Barbican Theatre, Dreamgirls, Savoy Theatre) reprising their roles as Zach and Cassie which they played to great critical acclaim at Curve in 2021.

Join us this summer for sensational choreography, heart-wrenching personal stories and musical theatre’s most unforgettable finale.

Conceived & Originally Directed & Choreographed by Michael Bennett
Book by James Kirkwood & Nicholas Dante
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Co-choreographed by Bob Avian
Director Nikolai Foster
Choreographer Ellen Kane
Set Designer Grace Smart
Musical Director Matthew Spalding
Musical Supervisor David Shrubsole
Costume Designer Edd Lindley
Lighting Designer Howard Hudson
Sound Designer Tom Marshall

Original Broadway Production produced by the New York Shakespeare Festival. Joseph Papp, Producer, in association with Plum Productions, Inc.
A CHORUS LINE is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals Ltd. on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC.

Image description: A large group of dancers stand facing away from the camera. The lights behind them shine through their legs and they are in silhouette with haze above them. They stand with one leg stretched to the side. The image gives a behind the scenes feel, with two large lights and some scaffolding visible.

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