Chicago (musical)

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Chicago (musical) is a hit Broadway and West End musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse that satirically explores crime, celebrity, and corruption in Jazz Age Chicago through vaudeville-style numbers.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
Broadway musical revival
West End musical
West End musical production
film adaptation
stage musical
adaptedInto Chicago (2002 film)
award Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Revival
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
basedOn Chicago (play)
linked to: Chicago (1926 play)
basedOnWorkBy Maurine Dallas Watkins
bookBy Bob Fosse
Fred Ebb
choreographer Ann Reinking
composer John Kander
countryOfOrigin United States
director Walter Bobbie
featuresCharacter Billy Flynn
Matron "Mama" Morton
Roxie Hart
Velma Kelly
featuresSong All That Jazz
Cell Block Tango
Nowadays
Razzle Dazzle
Roxie
We Both Reached for the Gun
When You're Good to Mama
firstPreviewDate 1975-05-20
genre jazz musical
musical theatre
satire
hasBroadwayRevival Chicago (1996 Broadway revival)
language English
laterMovedTo Ambassador Theatre
Shubert Theatre
lyricist Fred Ebb
musicalStyle vaudeville
notableFor long-running Broadway revival
openingDate 1996-11-14
1997-11-18
orchestrationStyle jazz orchestra
originalBroadwayBillyFlynnActor Jerry Orbach
originalBroadwayChoreographer Bob Fosse
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1977-08-27
originalBroadwayDirector Bob Fosse
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1975-06-03
originalBroadwayProducer F. Hugh Herbert
James Cresson
Nelle Nugent
Robert Fryer
Roy Furman
Samuel N. Friedland
originalBroadwayRoxieHartActor Gwen Verdon
originalBroadwayTheatre 46th Street Theatre
originalBroadwayVelmaKellyActor Chita Rivera
originalOrchestrator Ralph Burns
originalProductionType Broadway production
performanceFormat two-act musical
revival Chicago (1996 Broadway revival)
settingLocation Chicago
settingTime Jazz Age
linked to: The Jazz Age
structure vaudeville-style numbers
style minimalist staging
subject celebrity
corruption
crime
theatre Adelphi Theatre
Richard Rodgers Theatre
theme fame and notoriety
manipulation of the justice system
media sensationalism
WestEndProduction Chicago (1997 West End production)

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Chicago (1927 film) inspired Chicago (musical)
Chicago (1927 film) hasAdaptation Chicago (stage musical)
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Broadway Theatre, New York City hasProduction Chicago (revival, early run)
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Charlotte d'Amboise notableWork Chicago (musical)
Alexandra Burke notableWork Chicago (musical)
Billy Flynn appearsIn Chicago (musical)
subject linked to: Billy Flynn in Chicago
Billy Flynn firstAppearance Chicago (1975 Broadway musical)
subject linked to: Billy Flynn in Chicago
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Billy Flynn createdForWork Chicago (stage musical)
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Billy Flynn portrayedInAdaptation Chicago (1975 Broadway production)
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Cady Huffman performedIn Chicago (stage production)
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Rumer Willis notableWork Chicago (musical)
Rumer Willis characterIn Chicago (musical)
Elliot Garfield workBasedIn Chicago (stage production within the film)
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Ron Field notableWork Chicago (original 1975 Broadway production, choreography contribution)
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Chicago (West End revival) basedOn Chicago (musical)
Velma Kelly firstAppearance Chicago (stage musical, 1975)
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Darius Danesh notableWork Chicago (musical)
Tina Arena performedIn Chicago (musical)
Tony Walton notableWork Chicago (stage production)
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Paul Bogaev notableWork Chicago (stage musical)
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Chicago (Broadway revival) basedOn Chicago (musical)
Melora Hardin roleInWork Roxie Hart in Chicago (Broadway)
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Les Dennis performedIn Chicago (musical)
Fosse (book) coversWork Chicago (musical)
subject linked to: Fosse biography by Sam Wasson
Jennifer Ellison hasPartInTheEnsembleOf Chicago (musical)
Walter Bobbie notableWork Chicago (musical) – revival direction
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Matron "Mama" Morton appearsIn Chicago (stage musical)
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Matron "Mama" Morton firstAppearance Chicago (stage musical, 1975)
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Matron "Mama" Morton stageProduction Chicago Broadway 1975
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Cell Block Tango partOf Chicago (musical)
Cell Block Tango firstPerformanceIn Chicago (stage musical)
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Razzle Dazzle partOf Chicago (musical)
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Razzle Dazzle originatedIn Broadway musical Chicago
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Denise Van Outen notableWork Chicago (musical)
Amos Hart firstAppearance Chicago (stage musical, 1975)
linked to: Chicago (musical)
We Both Reached for the Gun partOf Chicago (musical)
We Both Reached for the Gun usedIn Broadway musical Chicago
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Mister Cellophane partOf Chicago (musical)
Mister Cellophane originalWork Chicago (stage musical, 1975)
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Velma Kelly appearsIn Chicago (musical)
subject linked to: Velma
Beulah Annan murder case inspiredWork Chicago (musical)
Belva Gaertner murder case hasInspirationFor musical Chicago
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Beatrice Neuwirth notableWork Chicago (musical)