Comments on: EVERY LITTLE STEP Review http://blog.spout.com/2009/04/13/every-little-step-review/ Daily coverage of what is truly interesting in the film world Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:48:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: steve baumann http://blog.spout.com/2009/04/13/every-little-step-review/#comment-125870 steve baumann Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:43:16 +0000 http://blog.spout.com/?p=13235#comment-125870 The last two sentences of the review almost say it all. Honestly, one could say "Where are they now?" For a show that won just about every award imaginable very few of the Original or International cast members became household names. In the show the director wants individuals aho can play specific parts, however, when they dance they must suppress their individuality and become like the Radio City Hall Rockettes! Can one do both? I have yet to see the documentary but was extremely fortunate to be a member of the Original International Company and "A Chorus Line" not only one the Pulitzer Prize, but also is one of the four ground breaking Musicals. "Porgy and Bess" because the songs forward the plot, "Oklahoma" because the dance forwards the plot, "West Side Story" because the dancers remain the same character throughout the entire production and "A Chorus Line" where Michael Bennett and creative team changed musical by eliminating scene changes and the intermission. Thus making the Broadway Musical cinematic and vastly more realistic.! The last two sentences of the review almost say it all. Honestly, one could say “Where are they now?” For a show that won just about every award imaginable very few of the Original or International cast members became household names.

In the show the director wants individuals aho can play specific parts, however, when they dance they must suppress their individuality and become like the Radio City Hall Rockettes! Can one do both?

I have yet to see the documentary but was extremely fortunate to be a member of the Original International Company and “A Chorus Line” not only one the Pulitzer Prize, but also is one of the four ground breaking Musicals. “Porgy and Bess” because the songs forward the plot, “Oklahoma” because the dance forwards the plot, “West Side Story” because the dancers remain the same character throughout the entire production and “A Chorus Line” where Michael Bennett and creative team changed musical by eliminating scene changes and the intermission. Thus making the Broadway Musical cinematic and vastly more realistic.!

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