ANNOUNCER: Welcome. Ladies and Gentlemen, you are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery, and treachery – all those things we all hold near and dear to our hearts. Thank you. (Instrumental) Velma: Come on, Babe Why don’t we paint the town? And All That Jazz I’m gonna rouge my…
How can you get enough of your favorite singing murderesses? Depends on you but after a few times viewing “Chicago The Musical” live or constantly clicking replay on your media player, it would take some withdrawal symptoms to get over the jazzy tunes. But is it all there is to it? There is more to…
Watching Chicago for the first time and you realize the immense influence the major characters have on you. Not that you’d pick up the next loose firearm and shoot your lover after discovering his or her infidelity to you (ladies, don’t, no matter how angry you are; some people are not worth the jail term…
I remember watching the film version of Chicago when I was in college after seeing it. It served as one of those rude awakenings that I encountered regarding musicals because of how I viewed them in the past. What am I referring to here? When a story included song-and-dance numbers, it often leaned towards the…