
James Kirkwood Jr.
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Aug 31, 2026
"A Chorus Line" by by Michael Bennett, Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban, James Kirkwood Jr., and Nicholas Dante | S17.E01
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10:33Jacob Mann ChristiansenHOST
So that's pretty cool.
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10:35Jacob Mann ChristiansenHOST
uh you know well done martin hamish uh james kirkwood jr is a playwright author and actor uh son of two different actors um so you can certainly see that coming from a long way away nicholas dante is a dancer and writer he's the first latino to win the pulitzer prize for drama for chorus line as part of that collaborative team um His sort of entryway into the project comes from dancing in the choruses of many Broadway shows.
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11:02Jacob Mann ChristiansenHOST
And the monologue that is kind of the centerpiece of a chorus line, which I'm sure we'll talk about, the monologue that comes from the character Paul, is accredited to Nicholas Dante as maybe being close in some ways to his personal story.
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11:18Jacob Mann ChristiansenHOST
And finally, Edward Kleeman is a composer and lyricist.