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 the musical numbers in A Chorus Line, 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]

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gollark: *also missed probably all of them*
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References
  1. http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-29032-a_chorus_line_%28review%29.html
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  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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