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A CHORUS LINE 1975 ORIGINAL UNPOSTED POSTCARD 8 1/4" x 3 1/2" Last one

$ 13.19

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Object Type: Postcard
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Industry: Theater
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Original A Chorus Line postcard 8 1/4" x 3 1/2" from the first year of the original Broadway production at the Shubert Theater.  Good condition.  Appears to have a small area of tape residue.  See photos.
    This past summer marked 45 years since first Broadway performance of ACL at the
    Shubert Theater
    Excerpted from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
    A Chorus Line
    is a musical with music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante. Centered on seventeen Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line, the musical is set on the bare stage of a Broadway theatre during an audition for a musical.
    A Chorus Line
    provides a glimpse into the personalities of the performers and the choreographer as they describe the events that have shaped their lives and their decisions to become dancers.
    Following several workshops and an Off-Broadway production,
    A Chorus Line
    opened at the Shubert Theatre on Broadway July 25, 1975, directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett. An unprecedented box office and critical hit, the musical received twelve Tony Award nominations and won nine, in addition to the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
    The original Broadway production ran for 6,137 performances, becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by
    Cats
    in 1997, and the longest-running Broadway musical originally produced in the US, until surpassed in 2011 by
    Chicago
    . It remains the seventh longest-running Broadway show ever.
    A Chorus Line
    '
    s success has spawned many successful productions worldwide. It began a lengthy run in the West End in 1976 and was revived on Broadway in 2006, and in the West End in 2013.