Original Chorus Line Cast Remembers Sweetness and Sorrow of The Broadway Sensation. Baayork Lee, "Connie Wong" and original Dance Captain.

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Theater Club, after school program(4. Sing- A- Long workshop for Seniors in Chinatown, and give a weekly opportunity for our 4. NAAP Broadway Community Chorus. Most Vivid Memory of Working With Marvin Hamlisch: Marvin being in London when I was directing a (English actors) Tel Aviv company of ACL. He had just finished a concert at Albert Hall and early the next morning he came on a one- hour drive to the Sound Studios we were rehearsing.

He watched the entire run- thru taking copious notes and met the cast and orchestra. He gave background on why numbers were written and why they needed to be sung or played with his intention. We all learned ACL history that day. How has your perspective on the show changed over the past four decades?: I have been blessed to have been involved from day one till the present with the show. When I was first given the assignment to maintain the quality and integrity of the show, I ran it like my father's Chinese restaurant.

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Nothing changed and all was intact. In 2. 00. 6 Bob Avian directed the revival on Broadway and gave me permission to be more flexible with the show and still maintain the integrity. It is always a joy to give the gift of the show to this next generation of actors and dancers. They can identify with the show and characters and make it their own. Where Do You Keep You Costume and Other ACL Memorabilia?: I do have my hat and shoes and they are in a closet tucked away safe! Carole Schweid, understudy for "Diana" and "Bebe"What are your proudest personal and professional achievements of the past 4. For the past 1. 3 years, I’ve been co- producing a popular lunchtime play- reading series in Westport, Fairfield, and Greenwich, CT, called Play With Your Food.

Audiences get to see one- act plays read, but rehearsed by professional actors, preceded by a buffet lunch and followed by a short discussion. On January 2. 0, 2.

President Obama’s Inauguration, so our smart suburban audience of 1. I was pretty proud of that.

Compare Broadway and the Village in 1. Broadway and the Village in 2. There is no comparison. Broadway was daring, exciting and dangerous. Watch Fred: The Movie Online. Watch Summer Rental Online Forbes'>Watch Summer Rental Online Forbes. Like the Village.

It also felt like the safest place in the world. I loved being part of it. What is your most vivid memory of working with Marvin Hamlisch? When I met Marvin he was the rehearsal pianist on Minnie’s Boys and I was in the chorus. He was always coming up with crazy ideas that nobody would listen to. On the day Chorus Line opened downtown, Marvin sat on the stage and made up songs from our show as if they’d been written by Rodgers and Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim.

I loved the way he talked about the process of creating a show. Sure it’s great to have a hit, but the real fun was in the creating. How has your perspective on the show changed over the past four decades?: I am always floored by what a beautiful piece of work it is and I’m always a little annoyed that it’s always done exactly the same way.

Where do you keep your costume and other ACL memorabilia?: I keep an odd collection: a NY Times photo of Johnny Dollar, doorman at the Shubert, carrying the ‘Matinee Today’ sign into Shubert Alley on the day the musician strike ended and the show could officially open; my program from Gerry Schoenfeld’s memorial; a copy of Time Magazine (maybe it was Newsweek) with Donna Mc. Kechnie on the cover; things like that.

I keep my hat on a bookcase in my living room, my photo of the record- breaking performance on the wall, and small bin or two in the back of my closet with newspaper articles, front- page headlines, invitations, programs from the Tony Awards, letters, and pictures mixed in with the rest of my theatre history of opening night telegrams, headshots, a window card of Geraldine Page in The Little Foxes taken from the Falmouth Playhouse, my last pair of pointe shoes, etc. Samuel "Sammy" Williams, "Paul" What are your proudest personal professional achievements of the past 4. My proudest personal professional achievements in the last 4.

Tony Award, the Obie Award, being given a Special Theatre World Award, and winning a Robbie Award here in Los Angeles for ACL. Recently I have been doing my one- man show playing to sold- out audiences. There's nothing like standing on stage alone with an audience in the palm of your hand! It's an exhilarating feeling. I've written a play based on my experience of ACL before, during, and after. It's my true story of ACL; the Good, the Bad, and the truth as I lived it! Its intense and fabulous as it was being part of ACL.

How have Broadway and Greenwich Village changed since 1. I haven't lived in the city for over 2. I can't really remark about the Village but there is one thing I can say about Broadway.

It isn't the same. When I first came to Broadway in 1. Broadway stars. Shows were not spectacles, they were shows. Today a great deal of marketing is bringing in movie and TV personalities to sell tickets.

Broadway stars no longer exist. Technology has changed also so shows have become more sophisticated and "showier." The Broadway area has become more like a Disneyland adventure. Sadly, my era of Broadway is a long- gone distant memory. But we had it when it was at its best! Thank you Jesus! Most Vivid Memory of Working with Marvin Hamlisch: My most vivid memory working with Marvin Hamlisch has to be my audition for A Chorus Line.

I was brought to Marvin's apartment by Michael Bennett to perform Paul's monologue for him. Afterward they brought me to the piano to sing. Marvin asked several questions about my musical abilities. I had very little at the time. He asked if I could sing a song if he taught it to me.

I said yes. The song he taught me was "The Way We Were." I sang it for him and afterward he said good job! I got the role of Paul San Marco! How has your perspective on the show changed over the past four decades?: My perspective of ACL has changed very little in the last four decades. The only cast that ever performed the show the way it was supposed to be performed was the original cast.