By Maria Sullivan
Arts and Entertainment Editor
Starting Friday, March 27, the Saint Mary’s University Department of Theatre and Dance will present the dance musical, A Chorus Line.
This is the first time Director Judy Myers has directed a dance musical. “We thought it would be fun to advertise that we’re doing a dance minor, that we’ve been doing dance classes for years and just sort of say, here we are, let’s do a dance musical,” said Myers.
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A Chorus Line is about a group of dancers in New York City that attends an audition in hopes members will achieve their dreams, but they quickly learn that is not what the director has in store for them. The director does not just want to hear them sing and see them dance; he wants to get to know them as people, to learn about their personalities.
“Everybody can relate to what the dancers are going through,” said Myers. “Anybody who has gone to a job interview or wanted a job badly or wanted to be the best they could be at anything understands the situation that every single one of theshttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gife people are in. Wanting to get the job, trying to say the right thing, do the right thing, and be the best to get the job.”
Even though working on a musical like this has its strengths and weaknesses, Myers still expressed her enjoyment of working on this project. “The fun part is really watching the dance come together,” said Myers. “Is it going to be a brilliant Broadway production? No, but it is going to stretch every single one of these people to be better than they thought they could be.”
A Chorus Line will be showing at the Page Theatre March 27-30. Show times are at 7:30 p.m. on Fri, Sat, and Mon and at 3 p.m. on Sunday. To buy tickets, go to the Page Theatre Box Office or visit http://www.pagetheatre.org/theatre.html.
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