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...hand, it captures do-or-die Broadway dance auditions through intimate portraits of individual dancers’ stories without losing sight of the show’s larger social implications. On the other, “A Chorus Line” is determinedly and uncomfortably self-referential??a musical about itself.A revival of this show has also arrived on Broadway, having opened at the beginning of October. Yet unlike the “Company” revival, “A Chorus Line” has preserved its retro sensibility. Director Bob Avian has banked on the show?...
...It’s hard to avoid tracing the similarities, though, and despite what Viswanathan has said, one must wonder, is Opal actually self-referential??a sort of “Mehta”-fiction? Where does its plot end and Viswanathan’s real life begin...
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