Return of Broadway legend

A Chorus Line, the legendary Michael Bennett musical, will kick off again on Broadway. The story of dancers auditioning for a big Broadway show will open September 21next year, according to John Breglio, who was the lawyer for Bennett, its original director and choreographer.

"For many years, people kept telling me that it had to come back," Breglio said. "The challenge is to take that original show, keep its integrity, but make it fresh and new for 2006. That's not an easy task."

Breglio will produce the revival, which will include many of the show's original creators, including Bennett's co-choreographer, Bob Avian, who will direct the new production, and original set designer Robin Wagner. Bennett died of Aids in 1987.

The show, which has a score by composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Ed Kleban, originally opened off-Broadway in April 1975 at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater before moving to Broadway. It ran for 6137 performances, closing in 1990. It was the longest-running Broadway show of its time - but has since been passed by Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.

Return of Broadway legend

A Chorus Line, the legendary Michael Bennett musical, will kick off again on Broadway. The story of dancers auditioning for a big Broadway show will open September 21next year, according to John Breglio, who was the lawyer for Bennett, its original director and choreographer.

"For many years, people kept telling me that it had to come back," Breglio said. "The challenge is to take that original show, keep its integrity, but make it fresh and new for 2006. That's not an easy task."

Breglio will produce the revival, which will include many of the show's original creators, including Bennett's co-choreographer, Bob Avian, who will direct the new production, and original set designer Robin Wagner. Bennett died of Aids in 1987.

The show, which has a score by composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Ed Kleban, originally opened off-Broadway in April 1975 at the New York Shakespeare Festival's Public Theater before moving to Broadway. It ran for 6137 performances, closing in 1990. It was the longest-running Broadway show of its time - but has since been passed by Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.