Words and music--Edward Kleban loved them. All he ever wanted to do was write the songs for a Broadway show. When he wrote the lyrics for the phenomenally successful A Chorus Line, his dream came true. Or did it? Set during the hey-day of the American musical theater, A Class Act explores the soul of an eccentric genius whose songs tell the story of his own crazy, passionate life. A Class Act is an intimate look backstage at the process of creating musicals and the lives of the people who create them.