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Chicago The Musical
Garrick Theatre, London
Chicago Musical London
CAST: (past and present) Amra-Faye Wright Debbie Kurup Jonathan Wilkes James Doherty David Page Jasna Ivir Rachel Muldoon R Whitehead Chicago is the winner of the 1998 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production and is the longest ever running Broadway musical revival in London's West End. This award winning production is filled with superb choreography written by Bob Fosse. The show is about murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, violence, adultery treachery, so begins the musical. The twenties are roaring with hot jazz and cold-blooded killers. Chicago is the story of Roxie, a chorus girl who has murdered her lover but manages to get acquitted with the help of a sleazy lawyer. Roxie dreams of starring in a vaudeville show but she only achieves celebrity status when she rides on the wave of publicity surrounding her courtroom acquittal. She teams up with another murderess, Velma Kelly, to form a very unusual nightclub act, which they hope will keep them in the public eye. Find out for yourself and see their success. Chicago is a Kander and Ebb musical set in prohibition era Chicago. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice, and the concept of the celebrity criminal. The musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about real-life criminals and crimes she had reported on. Two of the main real-life characters are Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner: Annan, the model for the character of Roxie Hart, was 23 when she was accused of the murder of Harry Kalstedt. The Tribune reported that Annan played the foxtrot record Hula Lou over and over for two hours before calling her husband to say she killed a man who "tried to make love to her." She was found "not guilty" on May 25th, 1924. The show opens with Velma Kelly, who is a vaudevillian who murdered both her husband and her sister when she found them in bed together. She welcomes the audience to tonight's show ("All That Jazz"). Meanwhile, we hear of chorus girl Roxie Hart's murder of her lover, nightclub regular Fred Casely. Roxie is arrested and is sent to the women's block in Cook County Jail, inhabited by Velma and other murderesses. The block is presided over by the corrupt Matron Mama Morton, who has helped Velma become the media's top murder of the week and is acting as a booking agent for Velma's big return to vaudeville. Velma is not happy to see Roxie, who is stealing not only her limelight but her lawyer, Billy Flynn. The show goes on and is a great must see show. |
  Showing from: 7th November, 2011 Booking to: 26th January, 2013 Matinees: Friday 5:00pm and Saturday 3:00pm Evenings: Monday to Thursday and Saturday 7:30pm Friday 8:00pm Garrick Theatre London Garrick Theatre Seating Plan |
Garrick Theatre2, Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0HHGarrick Theatre London Map Nearest Underground: London Victoria Bus Routes: 3, 6, 9, 12, 13, 15, 24, 29, 30 Nearest Rail: Charing Cross, London Victoria and Waterloo |
Garrick Theatre Directions: Northern or Piccadilly line to Leicester square station and exit onto Charing Cross Road. The theatre is approximately 2 minutes walk. Infra Red - Wheelchair access |
