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A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection
A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection

A CHORUS LINE From Public Theatre Revival Rare 43 year Nine Playbill Collection

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Description

A CHORUS LI
NE
From
the Original 1975 Public Theatre engagement to the 2018 Revival - A Super Rare Nine (9) Playbill Collection
spanning 43 years of the award winning Broadway musical.
The first A Chorus Line Broadway marketing visual image was designed by Susan Frank, a freelance graphic designer, who worked with the group sales department of Joseph Papp’s 1972 to 1977.  The design featured the original cast in the pose at the conclusion of the opening number following the collection of their resumes.  The iconic photo was taken by theatre and dance photographer Martha Swope and featured the costumes
of
Theoni V. Aldredge.  Susan Frank also created the design for the 1983 A Chorus Line 72" X 16" Longest Running Show Broadway Group Sales Poster.  She also created show graphics for the
That Championship
Season,  The
Au Pair
Man,
What the Wine-Sellers
Buy,
A
Doll's
House,
Streamers
(prior to the Paul Davis design) and Agamemnon.
"Playbill reported that several years after the uptown opening,
A Chorus Line
got its first color Playbill featuring a photo chosen by Associate Producer Bernard Gersten showcasing the show's Shubert marquee.  Photographer Paul Elson recalled, "It was a summer's evening, and I made the exposure long enough so that none of the crowd in front of the theater would appear to
focused
; it was just a fortuitous juxtaposition of people at the right time of night, before curtain."
A Chorus Line
commemorated its achievement of becoming the longest running in Broadway history with a gala evening that brought back original cast members along with cast from all over the globe.  The Playbill was silver color and had the show's logo as well as the
date “
Sept. 29, 1983."  The closing Playbill cover showcased the tag line "The End of the Line" and original cast members Sammy Williams and Priscilla Lopez. Aside from a marketing campaign (but
not
Playbill cover) in 1986 advertising Donna McKechnie's return to the show, it was the only
Chorus Line
art to single out original cast members."
A CHORUS LINE
From
the Original 1975 Public Theatre engagement to the 2006 Revival - A Rare Nine (9) Playbill Collection covering 43 years included
are
Original
1975
Public
Theatre  O.B.C.
debut.
Original
1975
Broadway Original Art
work  O.B.C.
1978
- Shubert Alley Exterior theatre Marque photo. Ticket stub taped to the third page.
1979
- Marquee with One Finale.
1983
Single night performance in honor of the show becoming the longest running in Broadway history.
“
Sept. 29, 1983,
is ever likely to forget that electric occasion. It was the night on which ''A Chorus Line'' played for the 3,389th time, to become the longest-running production in Broadway history. The pioneering musical surpassed ''Grease,'' the then reigning champion.  The night's cast of 332 included the company present and companies past: Broadway, national, and international.  Mr. Bennett's crowning directorial stroke occurred with the final reprise of ''One,'' Marvin Hamlisch and Edward Kleban's tantalizing theme song. While one group of gold-clad dancers strutted the stage and saluted the audience with golden top hats, other contingents advanced down the aisles in all parts of the house - from second balcony to orchestra. At this point, the affectionate embrace of ''A Chorus Line'' became overflowingly complete. The final choruses were performed onstage by all 332 dancers. The audience also rose to the occasion.” By John Beaufort   October 11,
1983
The
Christian Science Monitor
1985
Broadway - Cover design is the "One" finale wedge photographed onstage. Cast includes Laurie Gamache, Wanda Richert & Ron Kurowski
1990
Broadway - Cover design is "The End of the Line" and original cast members Sammy Williams and Priscilla Lopez.  Cast includes Robert Lupone (the only original cast member) and Laurie Gamache.
2006
December The first and only Broadway Revival
-  O.B.R.C.
Cast includes Charlotte d'Amboise and Tony Yazbeck.
2018
November New York City Center Limited Run Revival.  Cast includes Jay Armstrong Johnson and Leigh Zimmerman.
Most Playbill's are in very good to like-new condition. The 1985 Playbill has the ticket stub stapled to an inside page.  The 1978 Playbill has the ticket stub taped to an inside page.