![]() ![]() ![]() Through a combination of oral histories, archival research, and secondary sources, the reconstruction focuses on the intricate, rehearsed movements of followspot operators illuminating and isolating dancers as they reveal their interior lives. Through a historiographic reconstruction of stagehands' live production labor, particularly that of electricians, the essay argues for a reconsideration of the iconic musical's materialist critique, including its scrutiny of the commercial theatre industry's impersonal supply-and-demand hiring practices and the loss of individual identity that accompanies the practice of professional skills in unison. This essay documents the experiences of union stagehands in New York who worked on Broadway productions of A Chorus Line (1975, 2006), positioning their backstage labor as a choreographic mirror to the onstage labor of performers. ![]()
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