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Title: I'll Take The Original Any Day
Review: The movie was trash. And this revival isn't much better. I saw the original both in Workshop at the Public in NYC and 5 times at the Shubert. AND ... this new revival though I give them all credit for trying ... it just doesn't cut it. There isn't any magic in the mirror. Ed Kleban ... are you rolling over in your grave??? Someone wrote that the arrangements et al were pretty close to the original. Not! There is just something missing here in this production. Perhaps it's the fact that everyone is trying to mirror ... er ... create (re-create) the original. Perhaps it might have been better had they had felt less restricted (in creating a historic theater fable) and had more freedom to get up the energy, drive and passion A CHORUS LINE must have to tell all the stories.
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