Every Little Step (film)

Every Little Step
Original poster
Directed byJames D. Stern
Adam Del Deo
Produced byJames D. Stern
Adam Del Deo
Edited byBrad Fuller
Fernando Villena
Music byJane Antonia Cornish
Marvin Hamlisch
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release dates
  • September 6, 2008 (2008-09-06) (Toronto International Film Festival)
  • April 17, 2009 (2009-04-17) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2,443,479

Every Little Step is a 2008 American documentary film produced and directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo. It follows the process of casting the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line[1] and explores the history of the award-winning musical, beginning with the informal interviews with Broadway dancers conducted by Michael Bennett that served as its basis. Their personal observations and feelings were captured on audiotape, many of which are heard in this film.

3,000 dancers arrived to audition for the revival on the first day.[2] Some of their stories are interwoven with recollections of members of the original cast, including Donna McKechnie and Baayork Lee; composer Marvin Hamlisch; and Bob Avian, who co-choreographed the original 1975 production and directed the 2006 revival.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008[3] and went into theatrical release with the title Broadway Broadway in Japan the following month.[2] It was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival, the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, and the Sarasota Film Festival[4] before going into limited release in the US on April 17, 2009.

  1. ^ "A Chorus Line – Broadway Musical – 2006 Revival". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved June 26, 2022.
  2. ^ a b Shoji, Kaori (October 17, 2008). "Determined steps to success". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on January 10, 2009.
  3. ^ Diamond, Robert (September 8, 2008). "MUST WATCH: Every Little Step...A Chorus Line Documentary - Trailer & Donna McKechnie!". BroadwayWorld.
  4. ^ Persall, Steve (March 14, 2009). "Sarasota festival tweaks program". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on March 15, 2009. Retrieved March 14, 2009.