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Kelly Bishop and Lauren Graham Mark 50th Anniversary of A Chorus Line

The Gilmore Girls co-stars reunited on Broadway after Graham introduced Bishop, calling the performances magical

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Overview

  • Original cast members and Broadway legends gathered at the Shubert Theatre on July 27 to mark the milestone of A Chorus Line’s Broadway debut
  • Kelly Bishop, who first played Sheila Bryant in the landmark musical, was honored during the event after winning a Tony for the role in 1976
  • Lauren Graham introduced Bishop onstage and later praised the celebration on Instagram as “incredible, magical, inspiring”
  • Fans reacted online to the onstage reunion of the Gilmore Girls duo, heralding Bishop and Graham as an iconic mother-daughter pair
  • A Chorus Line originally ran for a record-breaking 6,137 performances, earned nine Tony Awards and won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama