Hotshot director Zach is looking to cast a chorus of eight (four "boys" and four "girls"), and he uses an unorthodox method to winnow them down: He asks them to talk about their pasts and how they ended up as dancers.
Originally conceived, directed, and choreographed by Michael Bennett, A Chorus Line tells the story of a group of actors at an audition for a Broadway musical. Tony Yazbeck (center) played Zach in the 2018 City Center revival of A Chorus Line. In this Story of the Week, I'll explain why.
I'm with Jennifer, although I can understand why viewers would be wary of a Murphy-helmed Chorus Line. Jennifer Neal Creasey is more bullish: "Sounds like he'll expand all the characters and we'll see the action to the actual monologues," she speculates, adding, "seems pretty cool." Is this a reason for theater fans to rejoice, or will it be the Waterloo for the Napoleon of TV? The opinion of TheaterMania's readers is sharply divided: "He's going to ruin one of the greatest musicals ever written," writes Christopher Arroyo in the comment thread under the original news article about the project.
One of those projects, revealed in that same Time story, is a 10-part miniseries based on the Broadway musical A Chorus Line, which is set to stream on Netflix at a yet-to-be determined date in the future.
THE CHORUS LINE FILM TV
With no fewer than 15 projects currently in the works, Murphy is undoubtedly the most prolific TV producer in America. "The New King of Television," reads the cover of this week's Time next to a photo of Ryan Murphy.
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