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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Nick Curtis

A Chorus Line at Sadler’s Wells review: a glorious parade of scintillating songs and snappy dance numbers

Legwarmers ahoy! The quintessential 1970s Broadway musical returns to London in all its gutsy, schmaltzy glory.

A Chorus Line upholds the long tradition of metatheatrical self-love in the American musical but subverts the narrative of earlier shows like 42nd Street, focusing not on a rise to stardom but on the struggles of the supporting dance corps.

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