There was more than one singular sensation to be had at the Peace Center as the Broadway touring musical "A Chorus Line" opened on Tuesday night.

First staged in 1975, it won nine Tony Awards, and its revival in 2006 garnered much acclaim for not only the dance but also its dramatic narrative.

The show's gifted creator, director Michael Bennett, said it "is dedicated to anyone who has ever danced in a chorus or marched in step ... anywhere."

As the lights come up on more than two dozen anxious Broadway chorus line wannabes, the story unfolds immediately with the first two wistful songs: "I Hope I Get It" and "I Can Do That," as the dancers line up to prove they can.

Watching the show choreographed and re-staged by Baayork Lee, who was in the original cast and was also Bennett's dance captain, you feel the magic and the passion, as well as the tension, of what is to come.

The brutal reality is, most of these talented dancers auditioning will not be given a contract, because the competition is intense.

The audience is quick to engage with the 17 dancers ranging in age from 21 to 30.

Beyond the easy pleasure their energetic dancing provides lies a darker reality as the show's director, Zach (Michael Gruber), pushes each character into self-revelatory monologues, duets and other combinations.

We hear Sheila (Emily Fletcher), Bebe (Pilar Millhollen) and Maggie (Hollie Howard) tell how their only solace as kids was "At the Ballet," while Val (Natalie Elise Hall), a sensational performer, tells how she couldn't get a job until she had her body augmented -- front and back.

Soon it's Cassie's (Nikki Snelson) turn to reveal in "The Music and the Mirror" what it is like to have lost love and career. Diana (Gabrielle Ruiz) sings "What I Did for Love" and Paul (Kevin Santos) confesses his humiliating experiences as a former drag show queen.

These are confident dancers, persuasive actors and stellar singers brilliantly packaged by director Bob Avian and his super technical staff.