Chicago

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Chicago is a long-running, Tony Award–winning Broadway musical known for its jazz-influenced score, satirical take on crime and celebrity, and iconic Bob Fosse–style choreography.

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instanceOf Broadway musical
stage musical
awardReceived Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
basedOn Chicago (1926 play)
surface form: Chicago (play)
basedOnWorkBy Maurine Dallas Watkins
bookBy Bob Fosse
Fred Ebb
broadwayOpeningDate 1975-06-03
broadwayRun one of the longest-running shows in Broadway history
composer John Kander
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
filmAdaptationDirector Rob Marshall
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 2002
genre jazz musical
musical theatre
satirical musical
hasAdaptation Chicago (2002 film)
lyricist Fred Ebb
mainCharacter Amos Hart
Billy Flynn
Matron "Mama" Morton
Roxie Hart
Velma Kelly
notableFor jazz-influenced score
satirical take on crime and celebrity
notableSong All That Jazz
Cell Block Tango
Nowadays
Razzle Dazzle
orchestrationStyle jazz band–style orchestration
originalBroadwayChoreographer Bob Fosse
originalBroadwayDirector Bob Fosse
originalLanguage English
premiereCity New York City
premiereDate 1975-06-03
premiereLocation Chanin’s 46th Street Theatre
surface form: 46th Street Theatre
productionStyle minimalist staging in 1996 Broadway revival
revivalOpeningDate 1996-11-14
revivalTheatre Richard Rodgers Theatre
revivalTransferredTo Ambassador Theatre
Shubert Theatre (Broadway)
surface form: Shubert Theatre
setting Chicago
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
settingTime 1920s
style Bob Fosse–style choreography
subject celebrity culture
corruption
crime
media sensationalism

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Resurrection recordedIn Chicago
Queen Latifah notableWork Chicago
Colm Feore notableWork Chicago
Gwen Verdon notableWork Chicago
Survivor formedIn Chicago
Richard Gere notableWork Chicago
Jerry Orbach notableWork Chicago
Speak My Piece hasLyricTheme Chicago
Bob Fosse notableWork Chicago
Bob Fosse choreographed Chicago
Rob Marshall notableWork Chicago
Rob Marshall directorOf Chicago
Rob Marshall choreographerOf Chicago
Dominic West knownFor Chicago
Dion Beebe notableWork Chicago
Taye Diggs notableWork Chicago
Taye Diggs awardReceivedFor Chicago
John C. Reilly notableWork Chicago
Chicago (band) laterName Chicago
subject surface form: Chicago
Hard to Say I'm Sorry artist Chicago
You’re the Inspiration performer Chicago
subject surface form: You're the Inspiration
You’re the Inspiration signatureSongOf Chicago
subject surface form: You're the Inspiration
Norm Lewis notableWork Chicago
John Myhre notableWork Chicago
John Myhre hasWorkedOn Chicago
Clarke Peters stageWork Chicago
Don Carmody notableWork Chicago
Virginia Katz notableWork Chicago
Diane Warren wroteSongFor Chicago
Zellweger notableWork Chicago
subject surface form: Renée Zellweger
Chicago (film musical) title Chicago
subject surface form: Chicago (film)
Chita Rivera notableWork Chicago
Fred Ebb notableWork Chicago