I Hope I Get It Lyrics A Chorus Line The Musical. Then again, she could have been The Ugly Duckling. Stage Names: In-universe, several of the dancers have changed their names for professional reasons. Opening: I Hope I Get It is a song by A Chorus Line Ensemble (2006), released on 2006-10-09. This song bio is unreviewed. Hold it, hold it, stop! ", she has confidence issues stemming from her poor singing voice. Chordify for Android. In this musical, the lives of many dancers converge on stage as they audition for a big musical. They do their best to impress the director, Zach, and hope they get the job. Long-Runners: This was the longest-running Broadway musical for some time, beaten by Cats. Terms and Conditions.
Al corrects his mistake, Butch does not. Going on, turn, turn, touch down, Back step, pivot step, walk, walk, walk! Medley Overture: Marvin Hamlisch had composed one which included "I Hope I Get It", "Nothing", "At the Ballet", "Dance Ten, Looks Three", "What I Did For Love" and "One", before deciding on an In Medias Res opening with "I Hope I Get It". First group of girls, second group to follow. Massive Multiplayer Ensemble Number: - "I Hope I Get It" sees the main cast members going in and out of the vocal spotlight as they get their turn dancing the combination and/or angst over how much they need the job. Since getting breast implants, her professional and personal lives have seen a significant uptick in activity, and she flaunts her artificially enlarged rack at every opportunity after seeing the responses it gets. God, I think I've got it, I think I've got it! And... (Zach goes into pantomime. Bait-and-Switch: At the very end, with Paul having been eliminated through injury, Zach asks eight of the remaining sixteen dancers - Don, Maggie, Connie, Greg, Sheila, Bebe, Al, Kristine - to step forward, seemingly implying that they are the eight he has chosen. Step, push, step, step, strong arms! I Hope I Get It (From "A Chorus Line" Soundtrack) Lyrics. Length of the track. Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.
This is a Premium feature. At first, none of the other female dancers will admit to having done the same, but finally, both Kristine and Sheila confess that they had some "kissing practice" with female friends. Ohhhhh It's a long, long rope they use to hang you soon I hope And I wonder why this hasn't happened Why, why, why And I think about the dirt that I'll be wearing for a shirt And I hope that I get old before I die. Mark was partly based on his original actor, Cameron "Rick" Mason, although the gonorrhoea anecdote came from Michael Bennett's life. It could be yes, it could be no, My unemployment is gone.
Chorus Line Soundtrack. The third group for the tap combination consists of Maggie, Mike, Connie, and Paul. Okay, I'm going to put you into your groups now. To Kristine) Girl in brown, much better but still too much tension face, neck, and shoulders. Introduces a bunch of dancers and singers auditioning to be the chorus in a play. We're checking your browser, please wait... Available at a discount in the digital sheet music collection: |. I knew I had it from the start.
Dysfunction Junction: Aside from the fact that they've chosen a job which by its very nature means they have all experienced unemployment, poverty, rejection and possibly injury, many of the dancers have traumatic backstories, including absent, estranged or disapproving parents, homophobia, sexual molestation, the death of family members, and bullying. What I Did for Love. Minsky Pickup: The show starts with this, played on a rehearsal piano to lead into Zach drilling the dancers in the combination for the first stage of the opening "cattle call" audition ("AGAIN! To Tricia) Broadway shows?
A measure on how popular the track is on Spotify. Pivot, step, walk, walk, walk. Lame Pun Reaction: From the original production, Bobby's Bait-and-Switch wordplay with the word "jacks" fails to impress his fellow I was playing jacks... then the car fell on my head. Publisher: From the Show: From the Album: From the Book: A Chorus Line - Updated Edition. Dieses Video ist aktuell für den Songtext hinterlegt: Falsch? Note The 1985 film adaptation updates the setting by ten years, as a marquee for the original production of Glengarry Glen Ross advertising its 1984 Pulitzer Prize win is seen in exterior shots, while the score does away with "wah-wah" guitars in favour of synthesisers and drum machines. Number thirty-seven, one hundred forty-nine, one hundred fifty-two, one hundred seventy-nine... Cassie. Columbia 30th Street Studio. While holding the chord on "show", the line walks downstage to "line". Cast Me rather than Obey, but this sums up Val's character. So many faces all around and here we go. I need this job, Oh God, I need this show.
Then again, the film and large productions have a hundred identical dancers singing the song, which basically drives the point home. Al and Kristine were based partly on their original actors, Don Percassi and Renee Baughman (who genuinely could not sing on key), and partly on married choreographers Steven Boockvor and Denise Pence Boockvor. Hope I get it before I'm gone. The line is - Stage Right to Stage Left - Don, Maggie, Mike, Connie, Greg, Cassie, Sheila, Bobby, Bebe, Judy, Richie, Al, Kristine, Val, Mark, Paul, and Diana.
The chorus line of a musical are anonymous, less-skilled dancers who are generally there for the money. Irony: In the film, Kristine is played by Bob Fosse's daughter Nicole. Be a Whore to Get Your Man: Well, career rather than man, but Val happily tells her fellow dancers that she's proud of the effects her breast augmentation and facial surgery have had on her career and sex life, and encourages them to follow suit. Frank acknowledges his instruction, but continues to look down.