The dancers later move on to the next stage of audition: to learn a song, but Cassie stays onstage to talk to Zach. She is a veteran gypsy with notable successes as a soloist. Zach had the history of casting her in a featured part previously, and they had lived together for several years. Zach tells Cassie that she is too good for the chorus and shouldn't be at this audition but she intended to express her passion for dance.

Cassie and Zach's complex relationship resurfaces during a run-through of the number created to showcase an un-named star ("One"). Zach confronts Cassie, feeling that she is "dancing down," and they rehash what went wrong in their relationship and her career. Eventually the final eight dancers are selected: Cassie, Bobby, Diana, Judy, Val, Mike, Mark and Richie.

"One" begins with an individual bow for each of the 19 characters, their hodgepodge rehearsal clothes replaced by identical spangled gold costumes. As each dancer joins the group, it is suddenly difficult to distinguish one from the other; ironically, each character who was an individual to the audience is now an anonymous member of an ensemble. The musical was formed from several taped workshop sessions with Broadway dancers, known as "gypsies," including eight who eventually appeared in the original cast.

A Chorus Line opened off-Broadway at The Public Theater on May 21, 1975. The show was directed and co-choreographed (with Bob Avian) by Michael Bennett. The original cast starred Scott Allen, Kelly Bishop, Robert Lupone, Wayne Cilento, Ronald Dennis, Baayork Lee, Priscilla Lopez, Donna McKechnie, Thommie Walsh, Nancy Lane, Kay Cole, Ron Kuhlman, Rick Mason, Don Percassi, Renee Baughman, Pamela Blair, Sammy Williams, Clive Clerk, and Trish Garland.

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Another candidate, Bobby, tries to hide the unhappiness of his childhood by cracking jokes. As he speaks, the 17 dancers have reservations about this strange audition process and debate what they should reveal to Zach. The session continues and Zach is angered when he feels that the streetwise Sheila is not taking the audition seriously. She reveals that her mother married at a young age to a man who neither loved nor cared for her. She goes on telling that when she was six, she realized that ballet provided relief from her painful family life.

The scatter-brained Kristine is tone-deaf, and her lament that she could never ‘Sing’ is interrupted by her husband. While sharing memories of adolescence, Gregory speaks about his discovery of his homosexuality, Diana recalls her horrible high school acting class, Don remembers his first job at a nightclub, Richie recounts how he nearly became a kindergarten teacher, Judy tells about her problematic childhood, and Connie laments the problems of being short.

Finally, the newly-buxom Val explains that talent doesn’t count for everything with casting directors. All go downstairs to learn a song for the next section of the audition, but Cassie, a soloist, waits to talk to Zach. They have a history together as Zach had cast her in a featured part previously. They had also lived together for several years. Since she hasn’t been able to find solo work for long, thus is willing to the chorus where she can at least express her passion for dance.

Cassie and Zach’s vague relationship re-emerges during a run-through of the number created to showcase an un-named star. Feeling that Cassie is dancing down, Zach confronts her. They rehash what went wrong in their relationship and her career. Zach points to the gypsies who will probably never get out of the line. Cassie replies, ‘ I’ll take the Chorus, if you take me’. Later, during a tap sequence, Paul falls injured and is carried off to the hospital. His audition is over. The final eight dancers are selected. These include Cassie, Bobby, Diana, Judy, Val, Mike, Mark and Richie.

“One’ begins with an individual bow for each of the 19 characters. The dancers’ hodgepodge rehearsal clothes are replaced by identical spangled gold costumes. As each dancer joins the group, it becomes difficult to distinguish one from the other. Ironically, each character who was an individual to the audience is now an anonymous member of the musical.

A Chorus Line received 12 nominations for the Tony Awards in 1975, winning nine. The winning categories were Best Musical, Best Actress, Best Featured Actor, Best Featured Actress, Best Director, Best Musical Book, Best Score, Best Lighting design and Best Choreographer. The musical also won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for drama, becoming one of the few musicals ever to receive this honor.

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