Chanler-Berat next played Mark Cohen in the off-Broadway revival of Rent at New World Stages.
The reporter's widely distributed story led to some television and stage appearances, most notably in the off-Broadway revival of the musical Best Foot Forward.
There was an off-broadway revival in 1961 at the Equity Library Theatre.
The remaining songs, not previously recorded, either came from the original tour, the 1985 off-Broadway revival, or had been specially written for the new London production.
In addition to two off-Broadway revivals, it became a perennial play with numerous college and high school productions in the decades that followed.
After college, Foa landed his first major role, starring as Jesus in the off-Broadway revival of Godspell.
A short-lived off-Broadway revival played from April 21 to May 2, 1999, at the Second Stage Theatre.
He was a struggling actor of huge ego who finally got his lead break as the leading character in an off-Broadway revival of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Starting this month, he appears as an alcoholic Air Force veteran in the off-Broadway revival of Eric Bogosian's "SubUrbia."
Later that year, there were reports of an off-Broadway revival of the show, to be produced by David Rubinson of Columbia Records.