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]

References

  1. ^ "StackPath".
  2. ^ "A Chorus Line | Theatre People". Archived from the original on 2014-06-24. Retrieved 2014-06-24.
  3. ^ "A CHORUS LINE – Blu-ray review". 18 January 2014.
  4. ^ "A Chorus Line | Dance Informa Magazine". www.danceinforma.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-17.
  5. ^ "A Chorus Line | Stage Whispers".
  6. ^ "From the Line: Talks with 3 performers in Olney's a Chorus Line".