Slog - Comments on All I Ever Needed! Was the Music! And the Mirror! And the Chaaaaance! To Daaaaance! For yooooou! http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the Were you in the original production of A Chorus Line that played at the Shubert Theatre in New York in the '70s and '80s (and forever changed the course of Dan Savage's life)? An email just went out to local media from the publicist at the Paramount... I am hoping you can help us with a unique endeavor… As you may recall, the National touring engagement of A CHORUS LINE, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, is set to take the stage at The Paramount Theatre August 5 – 10, 2008. The most recent national touring production of A... Copyright 2008 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:45:04 -0800 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:26:35 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by inkweary Choreography drifts from the original over time unless dancers pass the actual moves from one generation to the other. This is why aged ballet teachers with canes are so popular a trope in dance movies.

]]> inkweary http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074532 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074532 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:48:31 -0800 Comment by Geni Someone who was about 20 in 1975 "must be all pruney and broken"? Wow, do you actually know anyone that age? I realize that seems antique from the vantage point of one's early 20s, but jesus, dancers tend to age very well indeed. Rita Moreno is what, 75, and still looks fantastic.

]]> Geni http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074533 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074533 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:51:10 -0800 Comment by Can't Help Myself Dance:10
Looks: 3
Christopher Frizzelle's Amazing Whatwhozist: 9

]]> Can't Help Myself http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074543 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074543 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 12:59:18 -0800 Comment by NewYorkActor "A CHORUS LINE is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history"

I guess this is going with the hair-splitting argument that "Phantom of the Opera" is a British show, I suppose?

The fact that I know the difference proves my faggery knows no bounds.

]]> NewYorkActor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074567 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074567 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:11:07 -0800 Comment by Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit All I ever needed was...an enormous whozeewhatsit!!!

]]> Christopher Frizzelle's Enormous Whozeewhatsit http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074581 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074581 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:20:04 -0800 Comment by sam e. Make sure to always follow A CHORUS LINE, with a comma.

]]> sam e. http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074943 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/07/all_i_ever_needed_was_the_music_and_the#c1074943 Theater Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:26:35 -0800