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Chicago The Musical

Description: A universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz.

Newest Review: ... Award for Outstanding Musical Production. As you will have guessed from the plot outline, it's not a cutesy storyline - it's ... more

... pretty dark and the humour is black and biting. The set is black and minimalist and really captures the jazz / vaudeville atmosphere well - the orchestra are sat on stage for the entire show, just like a cabaret revue show, and are really a part of the action and the cast sit visibly in the wings when not performing. The cast are all dressed in black fishnets, stocking and suspenders and 'dance wear' - Chicago is probably an easy sell to the men in your family! There isn't a great deal of scenery or props, only th...more

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by andy crook - written on 10/08/09
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I went to see chicago with my wife and two children and was very dissapointed. Complete waste of my hard earned cash i cannot believe all the reviews that i read.The show had no costume changes and no change of scenery at all and after a while the singing became very annoying and over all my family found the show boring.

Come on babe, why don't we paint the town? (1050 words)
by - written on 23/02/09 (Very useful, 304 readings)
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"Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery. All those things we hold near and dear to our hearts..." Chicago in the early 1930s. A city where killing is a form of entertainment and where, if you're lucky, you can get away with murder. Chicago tells the story of Roxie Hart, a woman who killed her lover and is sent to prison facing the death penalty. But Roxie's biggest ambition is to be famous and have her own vaudeville act, and she soon discovers that, with a little bending of the truth and a little media manipulation, her dreams could become reality. Cue hotshot ... Read the complete review

Chicago The Musical: The kiss-and-tell tale of Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. (498 words)
by - written on 21/02/09 (Very useful, 93 readings)
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I've always loved the film with Richard Gere and Renee Zellweger so was thrilled when I got tickets to see Chicago the musical for my birthday last year. The musical varies a lot from the film, to start with there are added plots, and songs. Then there are the characters - after watching Renee Zellweger and Catherine Zeta Jones for so long on DVD it was hard to picture the characters as other people. As a massive (slightly obsessive) fan I knew all the words to the songs and so every so often one would come along that I hadn't heard before, which was great because it took away the predictive style of the film(and gave me new songs to learn)! Just ... Read the complete review

Singing, Dancing and All That Jazz! (815 words)
by - written on 17/02/09 (Very useful, 385 readings)
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Chicago the musical is currently running at the Cambridge Theatre in London. I was lucky enough to go and see the show a few weeks ago. Having seen the film version many times and loving all the songs I was really excited about seeing it live on stage. For those of you not familiar with the story of Chicago. One of the dancers sums it up just as the overture begins with the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery, all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts." We are taken back to Chicago in the 1920's where the city is fuelled by jazz, liquor ... Read the complete review