I had the honor of being invited to interview Baayork Lee and one of her protégés, Eddie Gutierrez, for a feature article in the SDC Journal, the publication of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society. In the article, I ask Baayork and Eddie to dissect the art of re-staging—specifically as it pertains to our beloved A Chorus Line. I promise, even if you think you already know everything there is to know about A Chorus Line, you’ll still learn something new. Even I did!

Michael Bennett on ladder, Bob Avian in tie. "Michael watched the finale number from his perch atop a ladder, situated in the twelfth...

I was grateful to be invited to the Sunday afternoon dress rehearsal before the 50th Anniversary Concert. Alone in the front row of the balcony, I sat watching the nuance of every interaction between performers on stage. The theater was filled with a long list of legends and stars. Consummate professionals who were mounting a world-class performance in a single day. Some actors performed their scene out of sequence—earlier in the show—so they could run down the block in time

Wayne Cilento dancing 'I Can Do That.' Photo by Martha Swope, 1975. "Wayne Cilento went to a Catholic grammar school in Westchester, New...

Bob Avian and Michael Bennett at the 1979 Tony Awards. Photo by Bob Deutsch Bob Avian, the co-choreographer of A Chorus Line , played a...

Michael Bennett was born Michael DiFiglia on April 8, 1943, in Buffalo, New York, and began dancing professionally as a teenager. He...