Follows the plight of real-life dancers as they struggle through auditions for the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line". Also investigates the history of the show and the creative minds behind the original and current incarnations.
Directors: Adam Del Deo, James D. Stern
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0977648/
Better than the film of the play, which I gave a 7-. But this doesn't have the production numbers; it's mostly about the auditions, not even the rehearsals.
But the cameras follow the candidates into the streets and some into their homes. We don't learn much about the people, but a lot about the audition process and get to see the winners' reactions when they learn they got the part.
One of the auditioners, Jason Tam, gives such a great performance that the producers cried. If I weren't familiar with the script, I would have thought he was telling his own story rather than performing. Fortunately, he's Peter in Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (2018 TV Movie), but his songs are all shared with others.
Part of what makes this so good is likely the fact that they used multiple camera crews, shooting ~450 hours of footage.
Rated 7.5 (1,276)
distr. Sony, dir. Del Deo & Stern; 8
