I Can Do That (A Chorus Line song)

I Can Do That is a song from the musical A Chorus Line.

Production

As with the rest of A Chorus Line's musical numbers, this song was inspired by real-life stories of dancers. CityBeat explains "nervous Mike...tells how he took over his sister’s dance class opportunity".[1]

Critical reception

TheatrePeople described the musical style as "lively jazz swing",[2] while MovieMet called it "an energetic, post-Vaudevillian song-and-dance" and added it "will remind film fans of Donald O’Connor’s “Make ‘em Laugh” routine from “Singin’ in the Rain".[3] Dance Informa deemed it a "potentially exuberant number",[4] and Stage Whispers described it as "cute".[5] It has also been described as a "high-energy number".[6]

References

  1. ↑ http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-29032-a_chorus_line_%28review%29.html
  2. ↑ http://www.theatrepeople.com.au/reviews/chorus-line-1
  3. ↑ http://moviemet.com/review/chorus-line-blu-ray-review
  4. ↑ http://www.danceinforma.com/magazine/2012/01/a-chorus-line/
  5. ↑ http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/chorus-line-0
  6. ↑ http://dctheatrescene.com/2013/08/12/from-the-line-with-3-performers-in-olneys-a-chorus-line/
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