STAGE TUBE: A CHORUS LINE Tour Cast Says 'It Gets Better'
by Robert Diamond
- Feb 7, 2011
Cast members of the national touring company of A CHORUS LINE share their experiences on growing up as individuals who were sometimes considered 'different,' and how things really do get better. Conceived by PAUL FLANAGAN and RACHEL SCHUR. Shot and edited by JACK STEPHENS.
FLASHBACK FRIDAY: TURKEY of a Different Color
by Robert Diamond
- Apr 16, 2010
This week, in honor of the first Broadway revival of the Neil Simon/Hal David/Burt Bacharach musical PROMISES, PROMISES starring Sean Hayes and Kristin Chenoweth, it seems to be a particularly apropos time to go all the way back to an early Spring day of nearly fifty years ago: April 21, 1968, and that year's Tony Award telecast...
STAGE TUBE: Donna McKechnie Talks New Cabaret Show
by Robert Diamond
- Apr 10, 2010
Today, Saturday, April 10, Tony-winner Donna McKechnie will premiere her new one-woman show, My Musical Comedy Life, at the Springside Inn in Auburn New York. McKechnie, who won a Tony for her performance as Cassie in A Chorus Line, played the inn last night as well. Richard Jay-Alexander will direct the shows with musical direction by Eugene Gwozdz. The series, its inaugral year, is being produced by Barbara Walsh (Thommie's sister), Baayork Lee (who starred in A CHORUS LINE with Thommie) and Merete Muenter.
Here, McKechnie and director Jay-Alexander chat with WCNY Connected.
TV: Celebrating 'A Chorus Line' On the Road
by James Sims
- Jun 6, 2008
BroadwayWorld's own James Sims went backstage at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles to chat with Michael Gruber, Nikki Snelson, Denis Lambert and Emily Fletcher about the lasting impression A Chorus Line has left on Broadway and beyond and what it is like taking this production around the country...