Chicago musical original cast

1975 musical by John Kander and Fred Ebb

Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.

Set in Chicago in the Jazz Age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported.

Chicago musical songs in order

The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".

The world premiere of the musical was a Broadway tryout from April 8, 1975, to May 3, 1975, at the Forrest Theatre in Philadelphia.^[1][2] The original Broadway production opened on June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre^[3][4] and ran for 936 performances, until August 27, 1977.^[5] Bob Fosse directed and choreographed the original production, and his style is strongly identified with the show.

It debuted in the West End in 1979, where it ran for 600 performances. Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, and a year later in the West End.

The 1996 Broadway producti

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