Time/deadline commitments are
particularly crushing on me, for all the size and full-length reviews in the
‘zine this week, so with apologies, I thought I might be permitted to cut one
corners on my review of A Chorus Line at the Paper Mill Playhouse. For the simple reason that all I would really do
in a full-length review is expand upon how this is a pitch-perfect and precise
remounting of the original production, the sole (and necessary) distinction
being that the current cast have been given ample leeway to add their own
stamps and flourishes to their roles. If you know the musical, you need no
further explication. If you don’t, you have no excuse not to use this
remounting as a grand introduction. In either case, it’s very worth visiting,
for all the reasons that made the piece a classic in the first place.
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