A Chorus Line - review: London Palladium, West End
9th Mar 2013 5:12pm | By Louise Kingsley This stripped down musical broke new ground when it arrived from Broadway in 1976.
Instead of lavish costumes and elaborate sets it goes behind the scenes to give a taste of the sweat and desperation of the audition process.
Only in the finale – One (Singular Sensation) - do we get a glimpse of the anonymous glitz these hoofers aspire to be a part of.
Until then it’s almost two interval-free hours of black mirrored walls and leotards as the hopefuls are, briefly, considered as individuals and put through their paces for a place in the eponymous line up.