Playbill.com also did its share of A Chorus Line celebrating. Click here for memories from the original cast, and check out never-before-seen photos here!
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Good morning. Today marks the 40th anniversary of A Chorus Line's first preview at
@PublicTheaterNY. Questions?
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I was happy...at the ballet.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
a 5, 6, 7, 8!
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I Can Do That.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
We did what we had to do...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Tits and Ass. Got myself a fancy pair.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
DANCE FOR GRANDMA. DANCE FOR GRANDMA.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Bob Goulet OUT.
Steve McQueen IN.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I got to class and had it made... And so I stayed the rest of my life...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Well I couldn't really sing...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
All I ever needed was the chance to dance for you.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I don't want to hear about how Broadway's dying. I just got here!
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I was feeling her boobs & feeling her boobs & she said,"Don't you wanna feel anything else?" & I said,"no, I don't."
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Play me the music, give me the chance to come through.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Honey ain't nobody gonna be standing there with no scholarship to life.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
He'd say, Maggie do you wanna dance? And I'd say, Daddy, I would love to...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
I dug right down to the bottom of my soul, to see what I had inside...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
There's a lot I am not certain of...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Guys are comin' in their pants, I'm a birdie on the wing...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Gwen Verdon in The Red Shoes...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Won't forget Can't regret What I did for love
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Step kick kick beat kick step. Again.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
What would you do if you couldn't dance anymore?
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
And I got scared...scared...scared...SCAAAARED
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Uncommonly rare, very unique, peripatetic, poetic, and chic
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Shit. Made it through high school without growing TITS!
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
AND PEGGY! (sorry that's a Hamilton quote, I couldn't resist)
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Wish me luck, the same to you
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Beggars really can't be choosers
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
YOU'RE TOO GOOD FOR THE CHORUS CASSIE
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Time to grow, time to go, ADOLESCE, ADOLESCE...
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
He wasn't warm. Well, not to her. Well, not to us.
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— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
Closing out this
#ChorusLine40 tribute w footage of MSNBC's
@chrislhayes as Zach in MY h.s. production! (Drops mic.)
pic.twitter.com/Uc95dFrbeN
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015
As you can see, I know every word in A Chorus Line. Still f*ck up the ballet combination, though.
— Lin-Manuel Miranda (@Lin_Manuel)
April 16, 2015