Chicago (musical)

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Chicago (musical) is a hit Broadway and West End musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Bob Fosse that satirically explores crime, celebrity, and corruption in Jazz Age Chicago through vaudeville-style numbers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Broadway musical ⓘ
Broadway musical revival ⓘ
West End musical ⓘ
West End musical production ⓘ
film adaptation ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
adaptedInto Chicago (2002 film) ⓘ
award Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Revival ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical ⓘ
basedOn Chicago (play) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (1926 play)
basedOnWorkBy Maurine Dallas Watkins ⓘ
bookBy Bob Fosse ⓘ
Fred Ebb ⓘ
choreographer Ann Reinking ⓘ
composer John Kander ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Walter Bobbie ⓘ
featuresCharacter Billy Flynn ⓘ
Matron "Mama" Morton ⓘ
Roxie Hart ⓘ
Velma Kelly ⓘ
featuresSong All That Jazz ⓘ
Cell Block Tango ⓘ
Nowadays ⓘ
Razzle Dazzle ⓘ
Roxie ⓘ
We Both Reached for the Gun ⓘ
When You're Good to Mama ⓘ
firstPreviewDate 1975-05-20 ⓘ
genre jazz musical ⓘ
musical theatre ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasBroadwayRevival Chicago (1996 Broadway revival) ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterMovedTo Ambassador Theatre ⓘ
Shubert Theatre ⓘ
lyricist Fred Ebb ⓘ
musicalStyle vaudeville ⓘ
notableFor long-running Broadway revival ⓘ
openingDate 1996-11-14 ⓘ
1997-11-18 ⓘ
orchestrationStyle jazz orchestra ⓘ
originalBroadwayBillyFlynnActor Jerry Orbach ⓘ
originalBroadwayChoreographer Bob Fosse ⓘ
originalBroadwayClosingDate 1977-08-27 ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Bob Fosse ⓘ
originalBroadwayOpeningDate 1975-06-03 ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer F. Hugh Herbert ⓘ
James Cresson ⓘ
Nelle Nugent ⓘ
Robert Fryer ⓘ
Roy Furman ⓘ
Samuel N. Friedland ⓘ
originalBroadwayRoxieHartActor Gwen Verdon ⓘ
originalBroadwayTheatre 46th Street Theatre ⓘ
originalBroadwayVelmaKellyActor Chita Rivera ⓘ
originalOrchestrator Ralph Burns ⓘ
originalProductionType Broadway production ⓘ
performanceFormat two-act musical ⓘ
revival Chicago (1996 Broadway revival) ⓘ
settingLocation Chicago ⓘ
settingTime Jazz Age ⓘ
linked to: The Jazz Age
structure vaudeville-style numbers ⓘ
style minimalist staging ⓘ
subject celebrity ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
crime ⓘ
theatre Adelphi Theatre ⓘ
Richard Rodgers Theatre ⓘ
theme fame and notoriety ⓘ
manipulation of the justice system ⓘ
media sensationalism ⓘ
WestEndProduction Chicago (1997 West End production) ⓘ

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Chicago (1927 film) → inspired → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Chicago (1927 film) → hasAdaptation → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
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Broadway Theatre, New York City → hasProduction → Chicago (revival, early run) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Charlotte d'Amboise → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Alexandra Burke → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Billy Flynn → appearsIn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
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Billy Flynn → firstAppearance → Chicago (1975 Broadway musical) ⓘ
subject linked to: Billy Flynn in Chicago
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Billy Flynn → createdForWork → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
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Billy Flynn → portrayedInAdaptation → Chicago (1975 Broadway production) ⓘ
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Cady Huffman → performedIn → Chicago (stage production) ⓘ
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Rumer Willis → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Rumer Willis → characterIn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Elliot Garfield → workBasedIn → Chicago (stage production within the film) ⓘ
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Ron Field → notableWork → Chicago (original 1975 Broadway production, choreography contribution) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Chicago (West End revival) → basedOn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Velma Kelly → firstAppearance → Chicago (stage musical, 1975) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Darius Danesh → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Tina Arena → performedIn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Tony Walton → notableWork → Chicago (stage production) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Paul Bogaev → notableWork → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Chicago (Broadway revival) → basedOn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Melora Hardin → roleInWork → Roxie Hart in Chicago (Broadway) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Les Dennis → performedIn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Fosse (book) → coversWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
subject linked to: Fosse biography by Sam Wasson
Jennifer Ellison → hasPartInTheEnsembleOf → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Walter Bobbie → notableWork → Chicago (musical) – revival direction ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Matron "Mama" Morton → appearsIn → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Matron "Mama" Morton → firstAppearance → Chicago (stage musical, 1975) ⓘ
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Matron "Mama" Morton → stageProduction → Chicago Broadway 1975 ⓘ
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Cell Block Tango → partOf → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Cell Block Tango → firstPerformanceIn → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
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Razzle Dazzle → partOf → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Razzle Dazzle → featuredIn → Chicago (stage musical) ⓘ
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Razzle Dazzle → originatedIn → Broadway musical Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Denise Van Outen → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Amos Hart → firstAppearance → Chicago (stage musical, 1975) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
We Both Reached for the Gun → partOf → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
We Both Reached for the Gun → usedIn → Broadway musical Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Mister Cellophane → partOf → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Mister Cellophane → originalWork → Chicago (stage musical, 1975) ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Velma Kelly → appearsIn → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
subject linked to: Velma
Beulah Annan murder case → inspiredWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ
Belva Gaertner murder case → hasInspirationFor → musical Chicago ⓘ
linked to: Chicago (musical)
Beatrice Neuwirth → notableWork → Chicago (musical) ⓘ