Broadway Chicago Show Tickets For The Hit Musical

The musical, Chicago, was revived for performances on Broadway in 1996. As of December 31, 2006, the musical has had 4,210 performances on Broadway, making it the eight longest running musical, but the fourth longest currently running musical, in the history of Broadway. Based on a play of the same name by Maurine Dallas Watkins, then reporter of the Chicago Tribune, it tells the story of two very public trials of the day. Chicago is the story of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner, accused for murders in Chicago in 1924.

First performed as Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville, on June 3, 1975, the show was about glamorization of criminals, turning criminals into celebrities, and about the world we live in.

The Broadway revival of Chicago the Musical, was directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking. The musical, which opened on Broadway on November 14, 1996 at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, was highly acclaimed by both, the audiences as well as the critics. After nearly a years run at the Richard Rodgers Theatre, the show moved to the Shubert Theater and had its first performance there on November 2, 1997. Its successful run continued at the Shubert Theater for more than 5 years, until January 26, 2003. The musical then moved on to the Nederlander Organization owned Ambassador Theater, and started entertaining audiences from January 29, 2003, onwards.

The Story Behind The Musical

According to the report in the Chicago Tribune in 1924, Beulah Annan, accused of killing Harry Kalstedt, played a fox trot record Hula Lou repeatedly for two hours before calling up her husband to say that she had killed a man. Annan was acquitted of murder on May 25, 1924. In the musical, the character Roxie Hart was based on Annan.

The character Velma in the play was based on Belva Gaertner a cabaret singer. As per the police testimony, on March 12, 1924, the body of Walter Law was found behind the steering wheel of an abandoned car, which was found to belong to Gaertner. Further, two policemen had seen a woman get into the car, just a while before the gunshots were heard. On June 6, 1924, Gaertner was acquitted of murder.

Nominated for eight Tony Awards in 1997, Chicago won six in the following categories:

Best Revival of a Musical
Best Actor in a Musical
Best Actress in a Musical
Best Lighting Design
Best Choreography
Best Direction of a Musical

Chicago, the musical, also won six of the eight Drama Desk Awards it was nominated for in 1997, and won the Theater World Award in 1999.

The Tickets

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