Laurie Gamache - Cassie - Music and the Mirror - A Chorus Line

[morosco]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 9:00pm

The original production's closing night. Gamache was one of the few Cassies who danced the number at the tempo that Donna McKechnie did. Fast. She's on fire here.


Laurie Gamache - Cassie Updated On: 11/6/13 at 09:00 PM

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 9:52pm

Her energy is just incredible!

When I saw one of the national tours in the early '80s, she played Christine in the show. She was great then, too.

[Marlothom]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 9:55pm

Thanks for posting this! She went on to direct/choreograph a lot of Chorus Line productions around the country. I had the opportunity to work with her many moons ago when she directed a regional production where I played Paul - it was a great experience. Good to see her in this and the last few seconds are very touching.

[NoName3]

Posted: 11/6/13 at 10:02pm

I was there closing night and "on fire" pretty well sums it up.

I thought that final cast was the best Broadway cast since the original.

ETA: Just watched that clip and the way it is edited isn't adequate to convey Laurie's incredible talent or the excitement in the theater. I had seen the show two weeks earlier and she, and the entire cast, were just as great, but of course, that last night was special. I saw most of the replacement casts over the years, and despite many wonderful individual performances, that last group overall was was the only one I thought in a league with the original. So thankful there's a good boot (which I unfortunately no longer have, so don't bother to PM).

Updated On: 11/7/13 at 10:02 PM

[ACL2006]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 2:03am

her energy & emotion were amazing!!

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 10:36am

Wow!!! Her emotions at the end were very fitting.

I think I saw her in this as I saw the show several times. I also saw Pamela Souza as Cassie. A friend of mine got to go to the final performance as he was dating someone in the cast at the time.

[doodlenyc]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 10:42am

That really was stunning.

Her back is amazing!

[morosco]

Posted: 11/7/13 at 9:42pm

From the wings at another performance

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 6:59am

I love hearing her grunts toward the end! Incredible energy. Those last few moments of her dance on the line are really outstanding.

[best12bars]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 7:07am

A nice interview with Laurie Gamache

[DottieD'Luscia]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 7:15am

Very nice interview indeed.

[FindingNamo]

Posted: 11/8/13 at 11:04am

"She went on to direct/choreograph a lot of Chorus Line productions around the country."

I happened to see two of those, ten years apart. She Cassied the hell out of Cassie both times. Chatted with her after both and she was a very warm person. She strikes me as somebody totally committed to the show and her character.