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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

$ 369.59

Availability: 10 in stock
  • Industry: Theater
  • Object Type: Playbill
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
  • Lot: Yes
  • Modified Item: No
  • Original/Reproduction: Original

    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.