A Chorus Line Tickets

The bold and brilliant music of A Chorus Line is by EGOT-winner Marvin Hamlisch, who is one of only two people to have won an EGOT plus a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers). The show features lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood Jr and Nicholas Dante.

The original Broadway production ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running Broadway production of its time. The London premiere took place at Theatre Royal Drury Lane, where it ran for three years. The show was most recently revived at the London Palladium in 2013.

Dancer and choreographer Adam Cooper (Zach) is a former Royal Ballet principal dancer. He created the role of the Swan in Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake and his musical theatre credits include Singin’ in the Rain (Olivier nomination) and Guys and Dolls. Carly Mercedes Dyer’s recent credits include Anything Goes (Olivier nomination), The Drifter’s Girl, and Assassins.

Nikolai Foster has been artistic director of Leicester Curve since 2015, where his acclaimed productions have included Evita, The Wizard of Oz, and Billy Elliot. The production is choreographed by Ellen Kane (Dear England, Legally Blonde, Matilda film). Book A Chorus Line tickets on TodayTix now.

What to watch for

• The show is devised from the testimonies of real-life original cast members, a group of Broadway dancers known as ‘gypsies’. Among the original cast was Kelly Bishop as the witty Sheila, whose personal story influenced the character Bebe (“Mother always said I’d be very attractive…”). Bishop went on to play Emily Gilmore in Gilmore Girls.
• A Chorus Line de-glamorourised the traditional ‘backstage’ musical and broke many of the established rules of musical theatre, with no linear narrative, no star, no set, and the performers wearing their rehearsal clothing.
• The original Broadway production was nominated for 12 Tony Awards and won nine. It also won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
• Zach is a non-dancing role but it allows celebrated dancer Adam Cooper to lean into his experience as a choreographer. As a choreographer, his work includes Les Liaisons dangereuses, Grand Hotel, and Candide. He recently played another impresario, Boris Lermontov, in Matthew Bourne’s The Red Shoes.
• For decades only the original production with Michael Bennett’s choreography was allowed to be performed. See how Ellen Kane pays homage and reinvents the choreography for a new generation.