Who I Was Then (Kelly Bishop) - October 2006

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Who I Was Then
By Kelly Bishop
The 'Gilmore Girls' star recalls her days on Broadyway in the original 'A Chorus Line'

I had been in the business about ten years. I had quit chorus work - I wanted principal work.

I'd given myself two years to either move up higher or chuck it all. I didn't have much money and it literally never crossed my mind that I should wait a table or temp - I had to get a dancing job. This [role, Sheila] came along and I thought, "Beautiful. There it is. The open door."

I honestly didn't care if 'A Chorus Line' was a hit. It was something I believed in, something I thought was wonderful. I didn't expect everyone to like it; I thought people would say. "What do they think they're doing? Nobody cares about dancers."

Most of the story was culled from [our] real lives. "At the Ballet" is me. The show was an extraordinary experience. And suddenly, I had a Tony Award.

Entertainment Weekly, October 2006

[skyfitsheaven519]

Here's a clip from YouTube of the 1976 Tony's with Kelly performing.

You see her face about 40 seconds in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYorUY1DP9c

[GG-Phanatic]

She was gorgeous!!

[1-1-1-1-1]

She IS gorgeous

skyfitsheaven519, I've serveral clips of Kelly performing ACL on my website, like At the ballet or Sheila's monologue, just follow the link in my sig

[Lovefiend]

Wow, she's so adorable, something about the way she speaks, she seems very sweet. And gorgeous, lets not forget that