Re-posted from 2012 by popular demand. At that time, Father Alphonse Stephenson, conductor, presented a concert in the Great Auditorium honoring Marvin Hamlisch, who scored the music for A Chorus Line. Hamlisch died in 2012
Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger
Father Alphonse Stephenson is well known to Ocean Grove audiences. He and the Orchestra of St. Peter’s By the Sea have appeared many times before in the Great Auditorium. Father Stephenson worked with Marvin Hamlisch while conducting “A Chorus Line” on Broadway—something Father Stephenson did for nearly 3,000 performances.
Father Alphonse Stephenson
The tribute for Hamlisch included an “Overture to A Chorus Line.” The show never actually had an overture. In addition, an unpublished song, called “The One Song,” written by Mr. Hamlisch, with lyrics by the Bergmans, will be sung by Chris Pinella, with Father Alphonse at the piano.
This concert, sponsored by the OG Camp Meeting Association, was presented on Saturday, September 8, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.
Here, from the original cast album is “One”–from “A Chorus Line.”
—Paul Goldfinger