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".