Directed by Dominique Trottein with a book translated by Nicolas Engel, this production is choreographed by Ann Reinking and the music was supervised by Rob Bowman. View credits, reviews, tracks and shop for the 1975 Vinyl release of Original Cast Album Chicago A Musical Vaudeville on Discogs. [43] Chicago: The Musical has run for more than 9,000 performances[43][44] and holds the record for longest-running musical revival on Broadway. [45] The original cast of the production included German jazz singer Ute Lemper as Velma, British actress Ruthie Henshall as Roxie Hart, Nigel Planer as Amos Hart and Henry Goodman as Billy Flynn. 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She has helped Velma become the media's top murder-of-the-week and is acting as a booking agent for Velma's big return to vaudeville. Chicago won for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Bebe Neuwirth, Best Leading Actor in a Musical for James Naughton, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Ken Billington, Best Director of a Musical for Walter Bobbie and Best Choreography for Ann Reinking. There are also chairs along the sides of this central piece, in which the actors at times sit or lounge, when not directly involved in the action. Template:Kander and Ebb [63] The production featured on ITV's reality show, The Big Audition, to cast the replacement Velma. Another principal character, a theatrical agent named Harry Glassman, was played by David Rounds, whose role was to exploit the notoriety of the prisoners for his own gain. Amos stays with her, glad for his wife, but she then confesses that there isn't really a baby, making Amos finally leave her. Template:Chicago (play/musical) Cecil B. DeMille produced a silent film version, Chicago (1927), starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart. This format made explicit the show's comparison between "justice", "show-business", and contemporary society. Albert was an auto mechanic who bankrupted himself to defend his wife, only for her to publicly dump him the day after she was acquitted. Williams was the first African American woman to play the part of Roxie on the West End stage. [76] The show starred Natalie Bassingthwaighte as Roxie Hart and Casey Donovan as Matron "Mama" Morton. [67][68] The next tour started in October 2000 in Stamford, Connecticut, with Robert Urich. Bobby will love that.' "Chicago': This Musical Has Legs". "'Chicago' sizzles across the country – and beyond". The original Broadway production opened in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre[1] and ran for 936 performances until 1977. [28] The set design includes the presence of the band center stage in an evocation of a jury box, around and upon which the actors play some scenes. Le spectacle, nommé aux Molières 2004 dans la catégorie « Meilleur spectacle de divertissement », est prolongé jusqu'au 30 juin 2004. She informs the audience of Roxie's continual run of luck ("I Know a Girl") despite Roxie's obvious falsehoods ("Me and My Baby"). In their and Bob Fosse’s view, the trial became a series of vaudeville acts, brilliantly executed by Gwen Verdon as the murderess, Jerry Orbach as her lawyer, and Chita Rivera as another inmate. [44] Robin Cousins joined the cast as Billy Flynn on July 17, 2012. [31], Chicago: The Musical won six Tony Awards, more than any other revival in Broadway history until South Pacific won seven Tonys in 2008. Every musical moment in the show was loosely modeled on someone else: Roxie was Helen Morgan, Velma was Texas Guinan, Billy Flynn was Ted Lewis, Mama Morton was Sophie Tucker." This puzzled movie fans when they went to see the show. [45] Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, and Joel Grey returned for cameo appearances. Principal characters (defined as having at least one featured musical number) and performers of notable stage productions: The ensemble also calls for a judge, jury foreman, gynecologist, court clerk, newspaper reporters, male sycophants for Roxie and Velma, and other miscellaneous roles, which are usually held as dual roles by other members of the ensemble. City Center Encores! Roxie's press conference turns into a ventriloquist act, with Billy dictating a new version of the truth ("We Both Reached for the Gun") to the reporters while Roxie mouths the words. A vaudevillian and murderess who is on trial for killing her cheating husband and sister. He also served as the evening's M.C. [55] The original cast of the production included German jazz singer Ute Lemper as Velma, British actress Ruthie Henshall as Roxie Hart, Nigel Planer as Amos Hart, and Henry Goodman as Billy Flynn. [13], In a reversal of roles, Fosse decided the lyrics to the number "Class" were too offensive and censored Kander and Ebb's original version of the song. [32], City Center Encores! Is there even another candidate? [50][58] On January 16, 2012 Peruvian actor Marco Zunino joined the cast as Billy Flynn. The CurtainUp reviewer noted "The show garnered ecstatic reviews, enviable box office sales and enough awards to warrant a special Chicago trophy room. [48], Among the many other performers and celebrities who have appeared in the show are Brandy Norwood, Usher, Christopher Sieber, Charlotte d'Amboise, Cuba Gooding Jr., Michael C. Hall, Roz Ryan, Jerry Springer, Brooke Shields, NeNe Leakes, Debra Monk, Patrick Swayze, Kevin Richardson, Gretchen Mol, Rita Wilson, Alan Thicke, Melanie Griffith, Taye Diggs, Carol Woods, Chandra Wilson, John O'Hurley, Christine Pedi, Ashlee Simpson, Adam Pascal, Amy Spanger, Leigh Zimmerman, Wendy Williams,[49] Samantha Harris, Jennifer Nettles, Marilu Henner, Jeff McCarthy, Philip Casnoff, Pasquale Aleardi, Ruthie Henshall, Christie Brinkley,[citation needed] Tony Yazbeck, Kara DioGuardi, Sofía Vergara, Mel B,[50] Ryoko Yonekura, Todrick Hall, and Shiri Maimon. On November 23, 2014, Chicago became the second longest-running Broadway show, surpassing Cats.[43]. Billy uses Amos as a pawn, turning around and insisting that Amos is actually the father of Roxie's child. [51], On January 29, 2003, more than six years into its run, the Broadway production moved a second time, to the Ambassador Theatre, where it has played ever since. En pratique : Quelles sources sont attendues ? Ann Reinking, who would go on to star in the highly successful 1996 revival[19] and choreograph that production in the style of Bob Fosse, was also a cast replacement for Roxie Hart during the show's original run. The original Broadway production opened in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre[1] and ran for 936 performances, until 1977. The cast featured Charlotte d'Amboise (Roxie Hart), Jasmine Guy (Velma Kelly), Obba Babatunde (Billy Flynn) and Carol Woods (Matron "Mama" Morton). Chicago in the late ’20s – A time when late nights, loud music and leggy women were the passwords to the Windy City. [52][53] The next tour started in October 2000 in Stamford, Connecticut, with Robert Urich. [24][25] Jenny Logan starred as Velma Kelly, with Ben Cross as Billy, Antonia Ellis as Roxie Hart and Don Fellows as Amos Hart. Of course, those 50 years or so now have passed, and the makers of Chicago want us to know that nothing's changed; if anything, things have gotten worse. The musical received mixed reviews. Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville opened on June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre, and ran for a total of 936 performances, closing on August 27, 1977. As promised, Billy gets Roxie her acquittal but, just as the verdict is announced, some even more sensational crime pulls the pack of press bloodhounds away, and Roxie's fleeting celebrity life is over. [72] The most recent tour started in November 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina and starred Tom Wopat as Billy Flynn, Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly and Roz Ryan (later replaced by Carol Woods) as Matron "Mama" Morton. Broadway’s longest-running American musical, Chicago is a dazzling and satirical look at fame, justice, and the media machine. [21] Ellis (Actress of the Year in a Musical) and Ben Cross (Actor of the Year in a Musical) were nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for their performances, and the musical was nominated as Musical of the Year. The body of Walter Law was discovered slumped over the steering wheel of Gaertner's abandoned car on March 12, 1924. Both Lemper and Henshall have played the role of Velma on Broadway. What he doesn’t know about juries and women! [23] Also in the show were Bebe Neuwirth as Velma Kelly, Joel Grey as Amos Hart and James Naughton as Billy Flynn. Ann Reinking, who would go on to star in the highly successful 1996 revival[21] and choreograph that production in the style of Bob Fosse, was also a cast replacement for Roxie Hart during the show's original run. Bloom, Ken; Vlastnik, Frank; and Orbach, Jerry. [35] Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote " 'Make love to the audience' was another Fosse dictum. Chicago can still seem glibly cynical and artificially cold, especially in its weaker second act. She welcomes the audience to tonight's show ("All That Jazz"). The newspaper reporter who follows the trials of both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. It was through the initial production, and not the writing, that many of the "traditional" Chicago staging conventions were developed: The double snap in "Razzle Dazzle" was added as an afterthought at the suggestion of Fred Ebb to John Kander.

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