Nothing, also referred to as Montage Part 2, is a song from the musical
A Chorus Line. It is sung by the Puerto Rican character Diana. "Nothing" was written in 1968 by
Edward Kleban.
CityBeat explains "Diana Morales...talks about a teacher who berated her". [1] All About Theatre talks about "Diana's recollections of a horrible high school acting class". [2] The Independent describes it as "an account of her humiliations at the hands of a high-school Method Acting teacher". [3]
The Arts Desk describes it as "the song about theatrical pretension". [4] Metro Theatre Arts wrote the song had "the essence of a star waiting to bloom". [5] CT Theatre News and Reviews described the song as "dead-on and quite moving". [6] The Independent "hilarious, gutsy to attack...that is one of the best songs in Marvin Hamlisch's snappy, agile score". [7]