Chicago at The Atlanta Lyric Theatre

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Based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins(which was based on real events), CHICAGO is, as we are told in the show's opening lines, "a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery."

Billed as "a musical vaudeville," CHICAGO has everything that makes Broadway shows great: a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz; one show-?stopping song after another; and the most astonishing dancing you've ever seen.

The story revolves around Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who dreams of
starring in vaudeville. She kills her lover, nightclub regular Fred Casely, and convinces her husband Amos to front the money to hire Chicago's shrewdest defense lawyer, Billy Flynn. Billy turns her crime of passion into celebrity headlines, and Roxie becomes the toast of Chicago, to the chagrin of Flynn’s former high profile client, Velma Kelly. CHICAGO is a cynical look at America’s
celebrity culture and its corrupt judicial system, presented through the highly stylized language of vaudeville song and dance.

Authors

• Bob Fosse
• Fred Ebb
• John Kander
• Maurine Dallas Watkins
• Sam Shepard

Tony Awards and Nominations for Chicago