Opening tonight for a five-day run – Culver City High School’s Academy of Visual and Performing Arts students raise the curtain on their Spring Musical, “A Chorus Line,” at 7 o’clock in the Robert Frost Auditorium on campus, 4401 Elenda St.
Here is the ultimate celebration of the American musical, the story of 17 dancers competing for a few coveted spots in the chorus of a Broadway musical.
Through the audition, they bare their souls while sharing stories of their childhood ambitions, fears and experiences in show business.
Groundbreaking and Pulitzer Prize-winning, the musical is for anyone who ever has put it all on the line, whether for promotion, for attention, for approval, or for love.
Meanwhile, a parental advisory has been issued: A Chorus Line “contains strong language and mature subject matter.”
Showtimes are 7 o’clock tomorrow, 1 on Sunday, and 7 o’clock next Friday and Saturday at the Frost.
Here is the familiar formulation that only can mean ‘A Chorus Line’
Cast
Andrew Alvarenga – Bobby
Paxton Amor – Dancer/Chorus
Mikaela Barocio – Tricia
Reno Behnken – Gregory
Oliver Berliner – Don
Emma deZarn – Cassie
Katy Engel – Lois
Henry Farfan – Tom
Nicholas Freedson – Roy
Ryan Gacula – Paul
Rachel Gonzalez – Rachel
Raegan Harris – Reggie
Ben Hilsberg – Mark
Simon Johnson – Zach
Owen Jones – Butch
Gabe Lobet – Frank
Courtney Lundy – Connie
Isabel Parra – Bebe
Samuel Petersen – Mike
Adriana Romero – Diana
Angel Salas – Al
Carly Shiever – Val
Claire Skelley – Maggie
Eliza Spear – Judy
Khamiya Terrell – Sheila
Sarah Toutounchian – Vicki
Creative Team
Directed by Jill Novick
Music direction by Tony Spano Jr.
Choreography by Julie Carson
Lighting and set design by Kirsten Opstad
Sound design by Will Schuessler
Costume design by Jacky Jung
Stage managed by Crickett Cary-Green
Orchestra
Tony Spano Jr. – Music Director and Conductor
Judy Gottesman – accompanist
Peter Marcus – keyboards
Patrick Gardner – bass
Josh Zucker – percussion
Bella Rivera – flute
Sadushi De Silva – flute
Alberto Cruz – clarinet, bass clarinet, alto sax
Kent Seeberger – clarinet
Niko Vlahakis – flute, alto sax
Milo Bechtloff Weising – bari sax, clarinet
Paul Witt – trumpet
Mikael Nida – trumpet
June Satton – trombone
James Tingle – trombone
A Chorus Line
Music by Marvin Hamlisch
Lyrics by Edward Kleban
Book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante
Originally directed and choreographed by Michael Bennett
A Chorus Line opened on Broadway on July 25, 1975. The original production ran for 6,137 performances becoming the longest-running production in Broadway history until surpassed by Cats in 1997 and the longest-running Broadway musical originally produced in the US until surpassed in 2011 by Chicago.
Run time: 2 hours, 15 minutes with an intermission.
Tickets
$15 general admission. Only available at the box office before each performance.
$10 for ASB/children/seniors/faculty and staff. Only available at the box office before each performance.
$25 for Premium reserved seats. Available online.
$15 for Premium reserved seats for season pass holders. Available online.
Click HERE to buy premium reserved seats.
See avpa.org
Mr. Spano may be contacted at tonyspano@ccusd.org