Every Little Step is a 2008 American documentary film produced and directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo.

It follows the process of casting the 2006 Broadway revival of A Chorus Line and explores the history of the award-winning musical, beginning with the informal interviews with Broadway dancers conducted by Michael Bennett that served as its basis. Their personal observations and feelings were captured on audiotape, many of which are heard in this film.

3,000 dancers arrived to audition for the revival on the first day. Some of their stories are interwoven with recollections of members of the original cast, including Donna McKechnie and Baayork Lee; composer Marvin Hamlisch; and Bob Avian, who co-choreographed the original 1975 production and directed the 2006 revival

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2008 and went into theatrical release with the title Broadway Broadway in Japan the following month.

It was shown at the Berlin International Film Festival and the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival and is scheduled to be the closing night attraction at the Sarasota Film Festival before going into limited release in the US on April 17, 2009.

Critical reception
Kaori Shoji of The Japan Times said the film “plays off the echo effect of its premise with skill, grace and heartfelt sympathy; it’s clearly the work of people who love dancers, whether they’re grinning in the spotlight or fighting back tears after a failed tryout . . .

What surfaces in the film is the fierce dedication dancers have to their craft and the sense that they’re here singing and performing their guts out in front of choreographers and producers because there’s no other place on Earth they’d rather be.

Directed by
James D. Stern
Adam Del Deo
Produced by
James D. Stern
Adam Del Deo
Music by
Jane Antonia Cornish
Marvin Hamlisch
Editing by
Brad Fuller
Fernando Villena

Cast
Bob Avian
Michael Bennett
Charlotte d’Amboise
Jacques d’Amboise
Natascia Diaz
Ramon Flowers
Jessica Lee Goldyn
Marvin Hamlisch
Megan Larche
J. Elaine Marcos
Donna McKechnie
Meredith Patterson
Yuka Takara
Jason Tam
Chryssie Whitehead

Distributed by
Shochiku (Japan)
Sony Pictures Classics (US)
Release date(s)
October 25, 2008 (Japan)
April 17, 2009 (US)
Running time 96 minutes
Country United States
Language English