Chicago The Musical Tickets

Chicago is a musical play by John Kander and Fred Ebb that is based on a play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins. The musical is set in the prohibition and era and follows the concept of a “celebrity criminal”. It is essentially a satire of the corruption in criminal justice. Lead characters in the play include Velma Kelly, Matron ‘Mama’ Morton, Roxie Hart, and Billy Flynn.

The musical debuted in Broadway on June 1975 and ran for 936 performances. The original run was choreographed by Bob Fosse, whose style would later on be closely associated with Chicago. In 1996, a revival of the show was staged and it has become the longest running musical revival to show on Broadway. It is also the 7th-longest running show on Broadway.

The 1996 Broadway revival was later on followed by a show in London’s West End. It also helped lead to the creation of the 2002 movie version of the musical which starred Katherine Zeta Jones, Renee Zellweger, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere. The film version went on to win several Oscars and one BAFTA.

Popular musical numbers from the show include “All That Jazz” performed by Velma Kelly and “Razzle Dazzle”.

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