You may have seen the motion picture and may have gone to the city, but have you seen Chicago The Musical in London? If your answer is yes, then terrific, go again, if your answer is no, then what are you awaiting! Chicago The Musical is an award-winning, all-singing, all-dancing show: a great night of…
Chicago The Musical (Atlanta Edition) featured a lovely Roxie Hart and a feisty Velma Kelly with an obviously experienced Billy Flynn. A production that served as a nice showcase for their locales to lead the musical, everyone had fun at the Atlanta Lyric Theater since it made them rediscover their locales in another light. But…
Welcome to our analysis of Chicago the Musical. I just realized how several versions of “All That Jazz”, “Funny Honey” and “Razzle Dazzle” sung outside the Hollywood really got me thinking about this hit musical. Who would have thought the minimalist presentation of a musical would experience as many revivals as it is now? It’s…
Chicago the Musical’s Australian ensemble once granted Dance Life Australia an exclusive interview since apart from the singing, most of the memorable numbers in this hit musical involved dancing – a lot of dancing. And we often forget the rigorous level of preparation involved in putting up a production such as this. Dance Life Australia…
It’s on! Chicago The Musical, Albuquerque leg was done weeks ago but the sensation it brought to the one of the top cities in New Mexico today can still be felt knowing how this hit musical just made a parody of the American justice, just in case you think that it’s not yet a parody…
ANNOUNCER Okay, you babes of jazz. Let’s pick up the pace. Let’s shake the blues away. Let’s make the parties longer. Let’s make the skirts shorter and shorter. Let’s make the music hotter. Let’s all go to hell in a fast car and KEEP IT HOT! Velma: Thank you. Roxie and I would just like…
Roxie: …gone, it’s all gone. It’s good, isn’t it? Grand, isn’t it? Great, isn’t it? Swell, isn’t it? Fun, isn’t it? Nowadays There’s man, everywhere Jazz, everywhere Booze, everywhere Life, everywhere Joy, everywhere Nowadays You can like the life you’re living You can live the life you like You can even marry Harry But mess…
Matron: The whole world’s gone low-brow. Things ain’t what they used to be. Velma: They sure ain’t, Mama. They sure ain’t. It’s all gone. Whatever happened to fair dealing? And pure ethics And nice manners? Why is it everyone now is a pain in the ass? Whatever happened to class? Matron: Class. Whatever happened to,…
Bailiff: Mr. Flynn, his honor is here Billy: Thank you. Just a moment. You ready? Roxie: Oh Billy, I’m so scared! Billy: Roxie. You got nothing to worry about. It’s all a circus, kid. A three ring circus. These trial – the whole world – all show business. But kid, you’re working with a star,…
Velma: Billy, I been thinkin’ a lot about my trial. Couldn’t I just show you what I thought I might do on the witness stand? Billy: Go ahead. Velma: Good! Hit it! Well then, when I got on the stand I thought I’d take a peek at the jury. Then I’d cross my legs like…