Pamela Blair, a dancer and actress whose small town-to-Broadway story became part of the character Valerie in the original cast of “A Chorus Line,” died July 23 at her home in Mesa, Ariz. She was 73.
, added some elements of her real life to Val’s character, a Vermont-born dancer who comes to New York with dreams of becoming a Rockette at Radio City Musical Hall.
In 1974, Ms. Blair was among the performers invited to workshops as Bennett explored an idea for a musical about dancers facing the grueling and soul-baring competition for a part in a show. Bennett asked increasingly personal questions to the group. The replies were tape-recorded and used as raw material for some of the characters as “A Chorus Line” developed.and moved to Broadway that summer. Many reviews hailed “A Chorus Line” as a groundbreaking work of musical theater.
the Capitol Hill hearings over the Watergate break-in, which led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon in 1974.“It’s my reaction to the falsehood and apathy that seemed to grip the country during that period,” he
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