Opened April 15, 1975 at the Public Theatre in New York; moved July 25, 1975 to the Shubert Theatre. (6137 performances)

It’s 30 years since A Chorus Line danced into our lives, fourteen since it finally said goodbye. One of the longest-running shows in Broadway history. Nothing will ever supplant it in the hearts of a great many theatergoers.

Bennett began pulling together his irregulars at that first taping, offering them a dazzling hundred dollars a week to do the workshop. Nicholas Dante, the original author, was one of those dancers; his recollections form the basis of Paul, the gypsy who debuted in a drag show. James Kirkwood, a novelist and playwright who had been an actor, was brought in to condense, edit, and dramatize. Lyricist Ed Kleban (a former Columbia Records executive) made his Broadway debut here. But Marvin Hamlisch was already such a name that it’s easy to forget this was also his first Broadway Score. Hamlisch had been one of those teen ....... ....Read more about The Struggle behind the songs...