Chicago
Published
Chicago is set in the jazz-age city of Chicago in the 1920s and focuses on two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook County Jail.
Synopsis
Nightclub star Velma Kelly and driven chorus girl Roxie Hart both vie for the attention of slick lawyer Billy Flynn, who turns trials into media circuses.
The musical satirizes corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the celebrity criminal.
Known for its vaudeville-style presentation and Kander and Ebb’s iconic score, Chicago is a sharp-edged satire featuring some of the most well-known songs in theatre history, including All That Jazz and Cell Block Tango.
About the show
- Written by: Bob Fosse, Fred Ebb, John Kander
- Premiered: 1975
- Genres & themes: 1970s, Comedy, Crime, Satire, Two Act
- Setting: 1920s, America, Chicago, Illinois
Songs from Chicago
- All That Jazz
- Funny Honey
- Cell Block Tango
- When You’re Good to Mama
- All I Care About
- A Little Bit of Good
- We Both Reached for the Gun
- Roxie
- I Can’t Do It Alone
- I Can’t Do It Alone (Reprise)
- My Own Best Friend
- Entr’acte
- I Know a Girl
- Me and My Baby
- Mr. Cellophane
- When Velma Takes the Stand
- Razzle Dazzle
- Class
- Nowadays
- Hot Honey Rag
- Finale