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New Production of Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-Winning Musical, A Chorus Line, at 麻豆影院 State Tuscarawas

A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical for everyone who has ever had a dream and put it all on the line, is back on tour with an all new production.

Award-winning musical A Chorus Line will be performed at the Performing Arts Center at 麻豆影院 at Tuscarawas on March 6.A Chorus Line, the Pulitzer Prize- and Tony Award-winning musical for everyone who has ever had a dream and put it all on the line, is back on tour with an all new production. A Chorus Line comes to the Performing Arts Center at 麻豆影院 at Tuscarawas on March 6 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $37 - $58 and can be purchased at the Performing Arts Center box office, online at  by calling 330-308-6400. The box office is open Monday through Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

This national touring play tells the story of casting for a new Broadway musical. For 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime. It is what they have worked for 鈥 with every drop of sweat, every hour of training, every day of their lives. It is the one opportunity to do what they have always dreamed 鈥 to have the chance to dance. 

The original production of A Chorus Line opened at the Public Theater鈥檚 Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975, and transferred to Broadway鈥檚 Shubert Theatre on July 25, opening there on Oct. 19 of that year. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, nine Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Score and Book, and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award. It ran for nearly 15 years, closing on April 28, 1990, after 6,137 performances.

In 2006, A Chorus Line reclaimed its place in the heart of Broadway at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre where it opened to rave reviews on Oct. 5, 2006.  Elysa Gardner of USA Today called it 鈥淓xhilarating and endearing, it still has a freshness and fervency too seldom seen in contemporary musicals,鈥 while The New York Daily News exclaimed 鈥淭here鈥檚 nothing better! The show thrills from the opening number to the glittering finale,鈥 and Jeffrey Lyons of WNBC TV hailed it 鈥淎n American Masterpiece.鈥 This new production is directed and restaged by Baayork Lee.

The Performing Arts Center at 麻豆影院 State Tuscarawas is located at 330 University Drive NE, New Philadelphia. Free parking is available for all shows.

POSTED: Monday, March 4, 2013 12:00 AM
Updated: Saturday, December 3, 2022 01:02 AM
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