January 18 - First Tape Session with 22 dancers
August- September - First Workshop


January-February - Second Workshop
April 16 - First off-Broadway Preview (The Public Theater - Estelle R. Newman Theater)
May 21 – Original Off Broadway Opening Night
June 3 - Columbia records Original Cast Album
July 13 - Final off-Broadway Performance (101 performances)
July 25 - First Broadway Performance, Shubert Theatre
October 19 - Official Broadway Opening Night


March 23 – A Chorus Line receives 12 Tony7 Award nominations
April 19 – A Chorus Line wins 9 Tony Awards
May 3 - Pulitzer Prize for Drama is awarded to A Chorus Line
May 6 - National Company opens in San Francisco
May 6 - International Company opens in Toronto
July 1 – A Chorus Line opens in Los Angeles
July 22 – A Chorus Line opens in London


February 12 – A Chorus Line wins London Evening Standard "Best Musical" award
April 7 – A Chorus Line wins five L.A. Drama Critics awards
May 24 - Australian production opens in Sydney


September 29 – A Chorus Line becomes longest running show in Broadway history, passing GREASE (3389th performance)


February 21 - Joseph Papp announces closing
April 28 - 6137th and final performance


January 12 – John Breglio announces plans for a 2006 revival of A Chorus Line.



July 23 – The 2006 Broadway production of A Chorus Line begins performances at The Curran Theatre in San Francisco, California.
September 18 – The first preview of the 2006 Broadway production of A Chorus Line at the Schoenfeld Theatre in New York City.
October 5 – Opening night on Broadway.

KEY DATES

• A CHORUS LINE began previews at the New York Shakespeare Festival’s Newman Theatre on April 16, 1975 and opened there on May 21, 1975.
• A CHORUS LINE played its first preview performance on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on July 25, 1975 and opened on October 19, 1975.
• A CHORUS LINE played its 3,389th performance on September 29, 1983 and became the longest running show in Broadway history.
• A CHORUS LINE closed on Broadway on April 28, 1990 after 6, 137 performances.

AWARDS FOR A CHORUS LINE

• Was nominated for twelve 1976 Tony Awards and won nine, including:

Best Musical
Best Musical Book
Best Musical Score
Best Actress • Musical
Best Featured Actor • Musical
Best Featured Actress • Musical
Best Director • Musical
Best Lighting Design
Best Choreography

• Won five 1976 Drama Desk Awards including:

Best Book
Best Score
Best Director
Best Choreographer
Best Actress (a tie between two cast members)

• New York Drama Critics Award • Best Musical, 1975
• Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1975
• A special 1976 Theatre World Award was given to every member of the creative staff and original cast.
• A special 1976 Obie Award was given to the creators and selected cast members.
• Won London’s 1977 Evening Standard Award for Best Musical.
• Awarded the 1978 Gold Record Award from Columbia Records.
• In 1984, A CHORUS LINE received a Special Tony Award when it became the Longest Running Show in Broadway history.

COMPANIES

• London Company opened July 19, 1976.
• U.S. National Company opened May 6, 1976.
• International Company opened April 29, 1976.
• Bus & Truck Company opened September 18, 1980.