The dancing that is the main point of the show is, of course, not available on a CD, but composer Marvin Hamlisch and lyricist Edward Kleban's score continues to appeal. Ironically, despite the specific focus on dancers' careers, specifics based on actual dancers' tape-recorded memories, A Chorus Line put up on-stage many experiences common to all people, particularly in the lengthy montage that takes up tracks five, six, seven, and eight here, amounting to almost 19 minutes of songs and dialogue about family life and adolescent foibles. But that long run was an indication of the show's universal appeal. A Broadway revival a mere 16 years later may seem a bit soon. A Chorus Line, the musical about Broadway dancers set at an audition, played on Broadway for nearly 15 years, 1975-1990, closing as the longest-running musical in history (a title later usurped by Cats and The Phantom of the Opera).
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