A Chorus Line in Quarantine
Quarantine is temporary but A Chorus Line is forever! Though we’ve scattered to the edges of the world, our Broadway revival cast has reunited through the magic of the internet to spread a little joy and raise some dough for COVID-19 relief. If you love watching THIS, or love dancers in general, or love theatre at all and want to make a difference, please consider a donation to The Actors Fund.
What started out as a fun project on our private Facebook group evolved into an emotional, nostalgic, and uniquely unifying message amidst the 2020 Coronavirus Pandemic quarantine. “More than a decade after their closing night, 44 cast members of the Broadway revival of "A Chorus Line" share what brought them all together "again". It was...5, 6, 7, 8.
A CHORUS LINE IN QUARANTINE was the brainchild of Jeffrey "Shecky" Schecter who played Mike in the original Broadway revival cast. On March 31st, just around the two week mark of the quarantine, Shecky reached out with a fun proposition to his fellow cast mates to send videos of themselves doing the opening combo in whatever living circumstances everyone was quarantining in. Enter Heather Parcells (Judy Turner in the Revival) who volunteered to edit the project. The videos started rolling in from all over the globe: New York, Japan, Australia, California, Florida, Maine, New Jersey, and from farms, beaches, studios, kitchens, parks, play rooms and many many small apartments. From fully produced comedic sketches and cramped “mark” throughs to full out dance explosions, each video maintained the sheer JOY of getting to dance. A reunion began despite the isolation. We became a cast again. We interacted again. We supported each other's dancing again, we were rooting for the next video to see how the next person would spin it. It became our morning coffee. It became our morning dose of positivity. We all no longer felt alone.
Conceived by: Jeffrey Schecter Edited by: Heather Parcells Marketing and Consultation by: Tyler Hanes Starring: (in order of appearance) Jason Tam Michael Berresse Heather Parcells Bryan Knowlton Michelle Arevena Denis Lambert Jeffrey Schecter Deidre Goodwin Mara Davi Lorin Latarro Natalie Cortez Chryssie Whitehead E. Clayton Cornelius Yuka Takara Tyler Hanes Alisan Porter Tony Yazbeck Jessica Lee Goldyn Brad Anderson Lyndy Franklin Jessica Lea Patty Liza B. Domingo Todd Anderson Courtney Laine Mazza Eric Sciotto Katherine Tokarz Michael Gruber Kevin Worley Jenifer Foote Aaron J. Albano Dena DiGiacinto Tommy Berkland Deanna Aguinaga Deone Zanotto Kimberly Dawn Nuemann Lisa Ho Kim Shriver J. Elaine Marcos Paul McGill Melissa Lone Kurt Domoney Mike Cannon Mario Lopez Charlotte d'Amboise Terrance Mann