The end of 'A Chorus Line'; This singular sensation is bittersweet; Catching up with the cast
Apr. 17, 1990
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NEW YORK - When the original cast of A Chorus Line got together recently to commemorate Broadway's longest-running show ever, it was more than a reunion of old friends. They were more like survivors of the Titanic.
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Misha meets modern: Classical dancer turns to Mark Morris' choreography; Baryshnikov leaps into avant - garde; White Oak tour
Oct. 24, 1990
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WHITE OAK PLANTATION, Fla. - Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and choreographer Mark Morris have become the dance world's oddest couple.
Trim, reserved, clearheaded and as precise as his legendary ballet performances, Baryshnikov is financing, producing and starring in the newly formed White Oak Dance Project's 17-city tour, starting today in Boston. He will appear in dances choreographed by Morris, the extroverted, bushy-haired, ultra-hip feral child of modern dance.
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Opera enters uncharted territory
March 28, 1991
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BRUSSELS - Even Saturday Night Live might have second thoughts about this: Leon Klinghoffer - the wheelchair-bound American tourist who was shot and dumped overboard by Palestinian rebels in the 1985 hijacking of the Achille Lauro - immortalized in an opera.
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'Saigon' land mines; Despite flak, show rolls onto B'way
Apr. 11, 1991
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NEW YORK - The heat is on Miss Saigon.
The biggest, most expensive and most spectacular Broadway musical of all time opens tonight. With its $36 million in advance ticket sales, $18 million more than previous record holder Phantom of the Opera, and a reputation for being box-office dynamite since it opened in London almost two years ago, Miss Saigon seems immune to failure.
