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'A Chorus Line' opens next week

'A Chorus Line' opens next week at the Flat Rock Playhouse. [SCOTT TREADWAY/Treadshots]

By Lightning Reports, Published: July 3, 2023

A Chorus Line, the record-setting Broadway musical that celebrates the unsung heroes of the American musical theatre — the chorus dancers — opens next week at the Flat Rock Playhouse.

The show follows 17 dancers in their quest to make the cut for a new Broadway musical. One by one, the dancers come forward to share the stories of their lives, giving it their all and putting themselves on the line to make the cut. Only eight will remain. Capturing the spirit, tension and hope of an audition, A Chorus Line is the musical for everyone who’s ever had a dream and put it all out there to make it come true.

“A Chorus Line was originally in our 2020 lineup pre-pandemic,”noted Artistic Director Lisa K. Bryant. “Patrons were very excited then, and it’s wonderful to see them coming back in droves to purchase tickets now. We’ve never produced A Chorus Line at Flat Rock Playhouse and we’re excited to bring this blockbuster Pulitzer-prize winning show to our community.”

The show once held the record as the longest running show on Broadway, with more than 6,000 performances, and reaped nine Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Director and Best Choreographer as well as the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

A Chorus Line is presented by Joseph Laughter Clothier & Scott Keels Design (in memory of John S. Cox), Terri Eisenhauer Signature Properties, Henderson Oil Co., United Community Bank and Van Winkle Law Firm. Flat Rock Playhouse’s 2023 season is supported by Mainstage Series Sponsors Charlotte & Bob Otto, and Season Sponsors Optimum, WHKP and WTZQ, and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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A Chorus Line runs from July 13 to Aug. 6 at Flat Rock Playhouse’s Leiman Mainstage. Tickets range from $52 to $72. Student prices are available for ages 18 and under. For tickets, call the Flat Rock Playhouse Box Office at 828.693.0731 or visit www.flatrockplayhouse.org.