A Chorus Line is a 1975 Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning stage musical about 17 dancers auditioning for spots in the chorus of a musical. Throughout the audition process the characters are asked to speak candidly about their own lives. What is revealed and performed throughout the musical is a montage of memories and experiences which I have illustrated in my series, One: The Characters of A Chorus Line.
These 17 pieces function as windows into self-acceptance and discovery through the lives of characters willing to show us what they did for love. The series is a cumulative portrait of young dancers’ dreams, nightmares, self-discovery and angst in post World War II America.
Connie Wong
New York, New York
b. December 5,
Don Kerr
Kansas City, Kansas
b. October 20, 1949
Mark Anthony (Mark Philip Lawrence Tabori)
Tempe, Arizona
Robert Charles Joseph Henry Mills III
Buffalo, New York
b. March 15, 1950
Cassie
Paul San Marco (Ephrain Ramirez)
New York, New York
b. October 22, 1947
Richie Walters
Herculaneum, Missouri
b. June 13, 1948
Sheila Bryant (Sara Rosemary Bryant)
Colorado Springs, Colorado
b. August 8, 1946
Maggie Winslow
San Mateo, California
b. August 17, 1950
Judy Turner
El Paso, Texas
b. July 21, 1947
Alan Deluca
Bronx, New York
b. January 11, 1945
Bebe Benzenheimer
Boston, Massachusettes
b. June 6, 1949
Diana Morales
Bronx, New York
b. June 10, 1948
Valerie Clark (Margaret Mary Houlihan)
Arlington, Vermont
Mike Costa (Costafalone)
Trenton, New Jersey
b. July 9, 1951
Gregory Gardner (Sidney Kenneth Beckenstein)
New York, New York
b. August 2, 1943
Kristine Urich (Deluca)
St Louis, Missouri
b. September 1, 1953