A Chorus Line

Michael Bennett's 1975 valentine to gypsies, the dancers who are often treated as so much mobile scenery in Broadway musicals, is sometimes considered to have broken new ground with it's frank portraits of talented but frustrated performers. The score by Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban is a favorite of theater people everywhere, but was designed to showcase the abilities of dancers rather than singers. Consequently, only the ballad What I Did for Love has had a life outside of the show's context. This reissue of the original Broadway Cast Recording of a Chorus Line contained the previously unreleased Montage, Pt. 1: Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love, plus extensive liner notes featuring memorabilia, cast listings, and previously unpublished photos.