‘Chorus Line’ amends payouts

“A Chorus Line,” one of Broadway’s biggest hits, is spreading more of its wealth.

Artists who participated in the original interviews and workshops of Michael Bennett’s classic 1975 musical about dancers auditioning for a Broadway show will now have a financial stake in the current New York revival as well as major “first-class” future productions.

The new arrangement, amending terms of a 1976 agreement, was announced by beneficiaries of Bennett’s estate as well as by artists who were part of those 1974 interviews and subsequent workshops that eventually became the long-running musical. The artists include such original “Chorus Line” cast members as Donna McKechnie, Priscilla Lopez and Robert LuPone.