Cameras go behind the scenes of a Broadway audition for the first time in "Every Little Step" (released in Japan as "Broadway Broadway"), a documentary about dancers auditioning for a part in the revival of "A Chorus Line," itself a musical about dancers auditioning.
Directed by James D. Stern and Adam Del Deo, the film plays off the echo effect of this 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.
"In this business you have to look in the mirror and like what you see, because people are going to be saying 'no' to you all the time," says one seasoned dancer as the story charts the struggle of her auditioning process. "It's 100 'nos' to every one 'yes.' That's what it's like."