<P> U.S. and international tours were mounted in 1976, including a run in Los Angeles at the Shubert Theatre in Century City . </P> <P> A London production opened in the West End at the Theatre Royal Drury Lane in 1976 . It ran for several years . Jane Summerhays and Geraldine Gardner (aka Trudi van Doorn of the Benny Hill Shows), played Sheila in the London production . The production won the Laurence Olivier Award as Best Musical of the Year 1976, the first year in which the awards were presented . Joan Illingworth was also down to the last two to appear . </P> <P> The original Australian production opened in Sydney at Her Majesty's Theatre in May 1977, and moved to Melbourne's Her Majesty's Theatre in January 1978 . The cast featured Peta Toppano as Diana, David Atkins as Mike, and Ross Coleman as Paul . </P> <P> In 1980, under the direction of Roy Smith, the Teatro El Nacional of Buenos Aires produced a successful Spanish version of A Chorus Line lasting 10 months (and then only to make way for an already scheduled subsequent production). </P>

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