The run closed April 28, 1990
- Opened
- April 15, 1975
- Closed
- April 28, 1990
- Performances
- 6,137
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Shubert Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 1st longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of A Chorus Line 2 more that season
| 2006 | Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre Revival · Bob Avian | 759 perf. |
| 2013 | London Palladium Transfer |
Who was in it228 named
Renee Baughman
Chuck Cissel
Ronald Dennis
Carolyn Kirsch
Ron Kuhlman
Cameron Mason
Don Percassi
Michael Serrecchia
Thomas J Walsh
Crissy Wilzak
Tommy Aguilar
Robert Amirante
Arminae Azarian
Kevin Backstrom
Dean Badolato
Larry G Bailey
Buddy Balou
Christine Barker
Joe Bennett
Lauree Berger
Keith Bernardo
Roxann Biggs
Chris Bocchino
Steven Boockvor
Stephen Bourneuf
Mark Bove
Gregory Brock
Roxann Caballero
Kerry Casserly
Tim Cassidy
Paul Charles
Cheryl Clark
Jerry Colker
Catherine Cooper
Don Correia
Noel Craig
Stephen Crenshaw
Murphy Cross
Karen Curlee
Michael Danek
Susan Danielle
Dennis Daniels
Bruce Anthony Davis
Michael Pierre Dean
Denise Direnzo
John Dolf
Pi Douglass
Rob Draper
Diane Duncan
Dorothy Dybisz
Dennis Edenfield
Lois Englund
Thia Fadel
Susie Fenner
Gail Mae Ferguson
Fern Fitzgerald
Cynthia Fleming
Eugene Fleming
Kathy Flynn Mcgrath
Diane Fratantoni
Vicki Frederick
David Fredericks
Morris Freed
Doug Friedman
Laurie Gamache
Deborah Geffner
Drew Geraci
Roscoe Gilliam
Ralph Glenmore
Michael Gorman
Adam Grammis
Andrew Grose
Michael Gruber
Mitzi Hamilton
Niki Harris
J Richard Hart
Eivind Harum
Ann Heinricher
Winston Dewitt Hemsley
Deborah Henry
Danny Herman
Jan Leigh Herndon
Jannet Horsley
Jeff Hyslop
Loida Iglesias
Angelique Ilo
Anthony Inneo
Karen Jablons
Brad Jeffries
Kurt Johnson
Bradley Jones
Carleton Jones
Gib Jones
Kiel Junius
Diana Kavilis
Lauren Kayahara
Brian Kelly
Terri Klausner
Frank Kliegel
Pam Klinger
Tom Kosis
Ron Kurowski
Joe Langworth
Paula Leggett
Jo Anna Lehmann
Jim Litten
Delyse Lively Mekka
Ben Lokey
Terry Lombardozzi
Carlos Lopez
Edward Love
Cary Scott Lowenstein
Barbara Luna
Betty Lynd
Robin Lyon
Christine Maglione
P J Mann
Charlie Marcus
Carol Marik
Chris Marshall
Gay Marshall
Kevin Neil Mccready
Charles Mcgowan
Jack Mcgrady
Flynn Mcmichaels
William Mead
Wayne Meledandri
Tim Millett
Don Miralt
Don Mirault
Barbara Monte Britton
Dana Moore
Kathleen Moore
Jannet Moranz
Kevyn Morrow
Bill Nabel
Ron Navarre
Bebe Neuwirth
Jack Noseworthy
Cynthia Onrubia
Cynthia Carrillo Onrubia
Mary Ann O Reilly
Gordon Owens
Evan Pappas
Dennis Parlato
Julie Pars
Peggy Parten
Scott Pearson
Matthew Pedersen
Mercedes Perez
A William Perkins
Wellington Perkins
Philip Perry
George Pesaturo
R J Peters
Reggie Phoenix
Michele Pigliavento
Sam Piperato
Scott Plank
Donna M Pompei
Trish Ramish
Tommy Re
Alyson Reed
Ann Reinking
Wanda Richert
Steve Riley
Ken Rogers
Justin Ross
Danny Ruvolo
Christina Saffran
Susan Santoro
Loida Santos
Gillian Scalici
Ann Louise Schaut
Timothy Scott
Tracy Shayne
Sachi Shimizu
Donn Simione
Laurie Dawn Skinner
Pamela Sousa
Jo Speros
Dale Stotts
Jane Summerhays
Beth Swearingen
Victoria Tabaka
Dorothy Tancredi
Claude Tessier
David Thome
Lauren Tom
Candace Tovar
Glenn Turner
Julie Tussey
Cookie Vazquez
Sam Viverito
Timothy Wahrer
James Warren
David Warren-Gibson
Marcia Lynn Watkins
Danny Weathers
Michal Weir
Matt West
Pamela Ann Wilson
Scott Wise
Janet Wong
Lily Lee Wong
Kathrynann Wright
Rebecca York
James Young
Matt Zarley
Karen Ziemba
41 of these 228 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 187 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Creative team
- Director
- Michael Bennett
- Choreographer
- Michael Bennett
- Producer
- Joseph Papp for the
- Orchestrations
- Bill Byers, Hershy Kay, Jonathan Tunick
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 9 from 12 nominations
| Best Musical | Won |
Around this production
The show was developed from two all-night tape sessions where real dancers shared their life stories. Many appeared in the original cast, essentially playing versions of themselves.
A Chorus Line (Shubert, CR, “Diana,” Aug. 1976): Nothing; What I Did for Love/W: Edward Kleban, M: Marvin Hamlisch.
Speaker not recorded. Who Sang What On Broadway 1866 1996 Volume 2 the Singers Ruth Benjamin and Arthu, p. 349- Not quite the format for a long-running smash, perhaps, but the show’s innovations did turn up in later productions such as Company and A Chorus Line (nonlinear stories), Hallelujah, Baby! Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 136
- And there it remained until April 13, 1980, for a record run that was not overtaken until A Chorus Line danced past the mark. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 226
- e such a strong empathetical bond with its audiences that it became far and away the longest running production — musical or dramatic — ever staged on Broadway. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 235
- There have been two touring companies of A Chorus Line, the first traveling for seven years, the second for five years eight months. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 236
- A Chorus Line managed to create such a strong empathetical bond with its audiences that it became far and away the longest running production — musical or dramatic — ever staged on Broadway. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Green Stanley Green Kay 5th Ed Rev and Updated By, p. 267
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No character names. We can say who was in the company and not who they played.
- No recording is held for A Chorus Line at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.