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Broadway and musical
The task of taking the raw material of Marcel Pagnol's original trio of French films about people of the waterfront in Marseilles and putting them again on the screen, after their passage through the Broadway musical idiom, was a delicate and perilous one, indeed.
There are times when one suspects that the songs that are dropped from musical shows before they reach Broadway may really be better than many of those that are left in.
Turning to the current musical season on Broadway, the most widely acclaimed of the new arrivals, How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, has been transferred to an original cast album ( R. C. A. Victor LOC 1066 ; ;
Amateur dramatics is the performance of plays or musical theater, often to high standards, but lacking the budgets of professional West End or Broadway performances.
* 1968 – The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.
Due to the large percussion section utilized in the Broadway musical West Side Story, composer Leonard Bernstein chose to utilize a string section without violas.
Since its original 1973 Broadway production, the musical has enjoyed professional productions in the West End, by opera companies, in a 2009 Broadway revival, and elsewhere, and it is a popular choice for regional groups.
In his review of the original 1973 Broadway production, Clive Barnes in the New York Times called the musical " heady, civilized, sophisticated and enchanting.
The concert was recorded by Columbia Records, preserving for the first time musical passages and numbers not included on the original Broadway cast recording.
A successful musical comedy adaptation of the strip opened on Broadway at the St. James Theater on November 15, 1956 and had a long run of 693 performances, followed by a nationwide tour.
A Funny Thing has enjoyed several Broadway and West End revivals and was made into a successful film starring the original lead of the musical, Zero Mostel.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum was made into a musical film in 1966, directed by Richard Lester, with Zero Mostel and Jack Gilford re-creating their Broadway stage roles, Leon Greene reprising his West End stage role and Phil Silvers starred in an expanded role as " Marcus Lycus ".
Andersson's next project was Mamma Mia !, a musical built around 24 of ABBA's songs, which has become a worldwide box-office blockbuster with versions in several languages currently being played in many countries, including the UK ( West End premiere in April 1999 ), Canada ( Toronto premiere in 2000 ), the USA ( Broadway premiere in 2001 ), and Sweden ( Swedish language premiere in 2005 ).
Andersson / Ulvaeus also won a Touring Broadway Award for the musical " Mamma Mia " ( best score ).
The musical is to be adapted for Broadway in 2012, retitled Chaplin – A Musical.
*" Class ", a song in the Broadway musical, Chicago
Caitlin Clarke ( May 3, 1952 – September 9, 2004 ) was an American theater and film actress best known for her role as Valerian in the 1981 fantasy film Dragonslayer and for her role as Charlotte Cardoza in the 1998 – 1999 Broadway musical Titanic.
In 1991 he performed on Broadway in the short-lived musical Nick and Nora ( based on the Thin Man film ) with Joanna Gleason, the daughter of Monty Hall.
He returned to Broadway in 2006 playing Signor Naccarelli in the six-time Tony award-winning Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza at Lincoln Center.
She has played the character of Madame Morrible in the musical Wicked, both in regional productions and on Broadway from 2005 to 2009.
Kane is known for her portrayal of the evil headmistress Madame Morrible in the Broadway musical Wicked, whom she played in various productions from 2005 to 2009.
* Company ( song ), the title song from the Broadway musical, Company
For the 1959 Broadway musical starring Andy Griffith, see Destry Rides Again ( musical ).

Broadway and Chorus
* A Chorus Line, Broadway musical
Starring Chita Rivera, Jerry Orbach and Gwen Verdon in her last Broadway role, it suffered from a cynical attitude, which contrasted with the record-breaking popularity of A Chorus Line.
", a song from the Broadway musical A Chorus Line
Neuwirth made her Broadway debut in the role of Sheila in A Chorus Line in 1980.
Among the myriad plays and musicals Papp produced, Papp is perhaps best known for four productions which transferred to commercial Broadway runs: the original version of Galt MacDermot's Hair, a star-studded production of The Pirates of Penzance, self-proclaimed black feminist Ntozake Shange's For Colored Girls who Have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf and the anomaly that was A Chorus Line.
Its workshop system for developing musicals, which Bennett and Papp had pioneered, revolutionized the way Broadway musicals were created thereafter, and many of the precedents for workshops ' aesthetics and contract agreements were set by Papp, Bennett and " A Chorus Line.
Among the many theatres that Papp supported ( often with funds from successful Broadway transfers, such as A Chorus Line ) were Theatre for a New Audience, which presented several productions at the NYSF, and the Riverside Shakespeare Company, for whom Papp took a special interest, beginning with the sponsorship of the New York premiere of Brecht's The Life of Edward II of England
A 1980 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley Dawson's first professional acting job was in a Broadway production of A Chorus Line.
Lopez made his Broadway debut on April 15, 2008, in the revival of A Chorus Line in the role of Zach.
At the age of 17, Lauren Tom landed a spot with a touring company of A Chorus Line and was cast in the Broadway production of the show less than a year later.
* Jodie Gillies, in the style of a Broadway musical ( with numerous references to One from A Chorus Line )
Chorus line dancers in Broadway musicals and revues have been referred to by slang terms such as ponies, gypsies and twirlies.
The show's designers, Robin Wagner ( sets ), Theoni V. Aldredge ( costumes ), and Tharon Musser ( lights ) were the same team who had designed the original Broadway production of A Chorus Line.
Bishop's big break came when she was cast as the sexy, hard-edged Sheila in the Broadway production of A Chorus Line.
Beyond jazz, he produced a number of Broadway original cast recordings including A Chorus Line and Bye Bye Birdie.
McKechnie was part of Bennett's group therapy-style workshops that evolved into the Broadway smash A Chorus Line, in which she portrayed Cassie, a character based in great part on herself.
She pursued various physical, psychological, and holistic healing remedies, and was well enough to return to the Broadway company of A Chorus Line in 1986.
She also participated in the " Chorus Line " extravaganza to celebrate its then record-breaking run on Broadway in September 1983.
Her autobiography, Time Steps: My Musical Comedy Life, written with Greg Lawrence, was published by Simon & Schuster on August 29, 2006, only weeks before the Broadway revival of A Chorus Line opened on October 5.
The most famous work to emerge from The Public, other than the original production of Hair, is the Michael Bennett musical A Chorus Line, based on the lives and careers of Broadway dancers.
Fifty-four Public Theater productions have moved to Broadway, including Sticks and Bones ; That Championship Season ; A Chorus Line ; For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf ; The Pirates of Penzance ; The Tempest ; Bring in ' da Noise, Bring in ' da Funk ; The Ride Down Mt.
* Follow in my Footsteps-Eleanor Powell / Robert Taylor / George Murphy / MGM Studio and Orchestra Chorus from ( Broadway Melody of 1938 ) 1937
* Swing Trot-( main title ) Fred Astaire / Ginger Rogers / MGM Studio and Orchestra Chorus from ( The Barkleys of Broadway ) 1949
She has had the distinction of appearing in two Broadway landmarks: one of its greatest hits, the highly-acclaimed, long-running A Chorus Line, and, as a teenager, in one of its biggest flops, the infamous musical version of Breakfast at Tiffany's, which closed before opening night.

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