I Hope I Get It

" I Hope I Get It" is a song from the musical A Chorus Line.

Synopsis

The dancers sing about their worries, fears, and doubts regarding a new job opportunity. Only a select few may be chosen, so they are trying to keep their cool under enormous pressure. They feel like everything they have done throughout their life had led up to this moment.

Analysis

Musicals101 explains:^[1]

"I Hope I Get It" is a ten-minute sequence, one of the most exciting openings in all musical theatre. We are watching the beginning of the final phase of a Broadway tryout. A rehearsal piano plays as Bennett fills the stage with flying arms and legs, as groups of dancers in rehearsal clothes vanish and reappear. The dancers eventually surge forward into a line, holding their eight-by-ten inch head shots in front of them.

Critical reception

Ken Mandelbaum, author of A Chorus Line and the Musicals of Michael Bennett , commented "This moment – one of the show's most celebrated – represents the perfect blend of theme, staging concept, musical underscoring, lighting, and set design that marks the entire evening".^[2]

References

A Chorus Line

Adaptations	A Chorus Line (1975 musical) A Chorus Line (1985 film)

Songs	"I Hope I Get It" "I Can Do That" "At the Ballet" "Sing!" "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen, Hello Love "Nothing Mother Gimme the Ball "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" "The Music and the Mirror" "One" "What I Did for Love"

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