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Chicago

VENUE

Ambassador Theatre

OPENED

November 14, 1996

PERFORMANCES

Mon at 8:00pm
Tue at 8:00pm
Thu at 8:00pm
Fri at 8:00pm
Sat at 2:30pm
Sat at 8:00pm
Sun at 2:30pm
Sun at 7:00pm
also Dec 23 at 8pm, Dec 30 at 2pm, Dec 30 at 8pm, Dec 31 at 3pm

RUNNING TIME

2 hours, 15 minutes
1 Intermission

TICKETS

$64.00 - $186.50
212-239-6200
Order tickets online

CREATORS & ARTISTS

Cast
Bonnie Langford, Deidre Goodwin, Brent Barrett, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Raymond Bokhour, R. Lowe

Book By
Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb

Music By
John Kander

Lyrics By
Fred Ebb

Director
Walter Bobbie

Choreographer
Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse

Sound
Scott Lehrer

Costumes
William Ivey Long

Sets
John Lee Beatty

Lighting
Ken Billington

Music Director
Vincent Fanuele

Orchestrations
Ralph Burns

Script Adaptation
David Thompson

Almost ten years after opening, the Broadway revival of John Kander & Fred Ebb’s musical Chicago is still eerily relevant today. Set in the Windy City in 1927, the show chronicles the exploits of a down-on-her-luck chorus girl as she goes on trial for murder, attracts a media circus, and parlays her dubious notoriety into fame and fortune. If all this sounds a bit like anything that could be found on Court TV today, chalk it up to creators Kander & Ebb and Bob Fosse for being way ahead of their time (Chicago originally debuted on Broadway in 1975). Thanks to countless high profile criminal cases, frequent celebrity cast changes, and the 2002 movie adaptation, Chicago is still going strong. The now-legendary score is a genuine crowd-pleaser, and the dancing (adapted from Fosse’s original choreography) is wonderful. Despite having played over 4,000 performances, this production still has legs.