chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
LorelaiGilmore
Broadway Star Joined: 8/30/05
#0chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:01pm
yesterday i saw chicago on tour and i had a couple of questions about it, for anyone whose seen this or the show
-on the tour, the orchestras on stage and they interact with the cast, and some have lines, is it like this in? the broadway show
-from where i was sitter(very far away), michelle dejean(roxie)looked a ton like debra messing, anyone else think so?
that's about all for now, i'll probably have more later
oy with the poodles already!
#1re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:10pm
-on the tour, the orchestras on stage and they interact with the cast, and some have lines, is it like this in? the broadway show
yes.
"Chicago is it's own incredible theater town right there smack down in the middle of the heartland. What a great city! I can see why Oprah likes to live there!" - Dee Hoty :-D
iliketheater
Broadway Star Joined: 12/10/05
#2re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:11pm
when I saw it (before it switched theaters), yes, the orchestra was onstage in the broadway production & i loved it! 
...i don't know anything about the actors on tour
LorelaiGilmore
Broadway Star Joined: 8/30/05
#3re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on broadway)
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:14pmthanks!
oy with the poodles already!
#4re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on bro
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:17pm
You saw the show the same way it is on Broadway.
The actors interact with the conductor a lot.
#5re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on bro
Posted: 12/11/05 at 10:59pm
I saw the tour yesterday, too!
And yes, I thought she looked like Debra Messing!
RentBoy86
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/15/05
#6re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on bro
Posted: 12/11/05 at 11:02pmWhat exactly do they say? Is it in the actually original script like that?
#7re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on bro
Posted: 12/12/05 at 1:52amIt was not in the original script.
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CJR
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/14/03
#8re: chicago questions(tour mainly, but also for anyone whose seen it on bro
Posted: 12/12/05 at 11:24pm
The show was changed and obviously parred down from the original script. Please remember that this was staged as a concert for Encores. Yes, the orchestra has always been onstage (in the revival).... no I've never thought Michelle looked like Debra Messing, but how did you like her. DeJean is a sweetheart and one hell of a talent.
How about Terra MacLeod as Velma?
Who was your Mama? I'm drawing a blank at the moment. Carol Woods, maybe? I really can't remember.
And yes, the cast always interacts with the orchestra as well as the audience. I've always said the closer you are for Chicago, the better, and that's why.
Well that and you'll probably get a rose at the end 
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