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Chicago is a 1997 Tony® Awards winner

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Chicago the Musical

Broadway Musical Revival

Opened  November 14 1996 at the Richard Rodgers Theater
Transferred to the Shubert Theater February 12 1998
Transferred
to the Ambassador Theater January 29 2003

Running Time  2 hrs 30 mins | 1 intermission

Tickets  $69 to $130 | Some performances & holidays higher

Rush $31.50 day of performance tickets available when box office opens | Not available for Saturday 8:00P | Box office only | 2 per person | Limited availability | Subject to change

Standing Room Only $26.50 day of performance tickets available if show is sold out | Box office only | Subject to change

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Advisory Might not be appropriate for children under 13
Restrictions
  Children under 4 years old not permitted

Performances

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          2:30P 2:30P
8:00P 8:00P   8:00P 8:00P 8:00P 7:00P

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Added Performances  

Curtain Changes  

Creative 

Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse book
John Kander music
Fred Ebb lyrics

Rob Fisher musical director
Ralph Burns orchestrations
Peter Howard dance arrangements

Ann Reinking choreographer
Walter Bobbie director

William Ivey Long costume design
Ken Billington lighting design
John Lee Beatty scenic design
Scott Lehrer sound design

Opening Night Cast   Current Cast
Bebe Neuwirth Velma Kelly Deidre Goodwin
Ann Reinking Roxie Hart Ashlee Simpson-Wentz
James Naughton Billy Flynn Brent Barrett
Joel Grey Amos Hart Raymond Bokhour
Marcia Lewis Matron 'Mama' Morton Roz Ryan
D Sabella Mary Sunshine R Lowe

What we think we know...
Deidre Goodwin
as Velma Kelly thru Feb 7th
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz as Roxie Hart thru Feb 7th
Brent Barrett as Billy Flynn thru March 23rd | Obba Babatunde plays Billy Flynn during Mr Barrett's vacation Jan 10th thru 17th
Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart thru Jun 6th
Roz Ryan as Matron Mama Morton thru Feb 7th
R Lowe as Mary Sunshine thru March 14th

Synopsis

Chicago, Chicago, that wonderful town, where everybody has a story and most of them are bad. Really bad. What else can you expect when you hang out with dames named Velma Kelly, Roxie Hart and Mama Morton, murderers all. When vaudevillians and chorus girls pick up a gun it's always with something else in mind -- celebrity and fame. Velma and Roxie take off the gloves as they vie for the attention of the press, but the limelight always seems to elude them. In the end they wind up partners on the stage. Velma did, after all, need a new partner; the person she shot was the other half of her 'sister act'

Broadway Show History

The original, dramatic production of Chicago opened December 20, 1926, at the Music Box Theater. Francine Larrimore and Charles Bickford starred

The Kander-Ebb-Fosse musical production opened June 3, 1975, at the then named 46th Street Theater. Gwen Verdon, Jerry Orbach and Chita Rivera starred. The production was nominated for eleven 1976 Tony Awards®, including best musical, best book, best original score, best actor (Jerry Orbach), best actress (both Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon), best scenic design, costume design, lighting design, and Bob Fosse's two noms for direction and choreography. All walked away empty handed

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