Cell Block Tango

E882743
song

"Cell Block Tango" is a darkly comedic musical number from the film adaptation of the Broadway musical Chicago, in which female prisoners theatrically recount the murders of their lovers.

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Label Occurrences
Cell Block Tango canonical 3

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf song ⓘ
adaptedAs film musical number in Chicago (2002 film) ⓘ
associatedWith Bob Fosse NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn Chicago (play) by Maurine Dallas Watkins NERFINISHED ⓘ
composer John Kander NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
directorOfFilmSequence Rob Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ
featuresCharacters Merry Murderesses NERFINISHED ⓘ
female prisoners ⓘ
filmReleaseYear 2002 ⓘ
firstPerformanceIn Chicago (stage musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre musical theatre ⓘ
show tune ⓘ
hasCharacterMonologue Cicero NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lipschitz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Pop ⓘ
Six NERFINISHED ⓘ
Squish NERFINISHED ⓘ
Uh-uh ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lyricist Fred Ebb NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium film ⓘ
stage ⓘ
narrativeTheme crime and punishment ⓘ
female empowerment ⓘ
murder ⓘ
narrativeTone dark comedy ⓘ
notableFor choreographed prison setting ⓘ
intercut storytelling in the 2002 film ⓘ
stylized depiction of homicide confessions ⓘ
originalBroadwayProductionYear 1975 ⓘ
partOf Chicago NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago (2002 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Chicago (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedByInFilm Catherine Zeta-Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
Deidre Goodwin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Denise Faye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ekaterina Chtchelkanova NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mýa NERFINISHED ⓘ
Susan Misner NERFINISHED ⓘ
refrain He had it comin' ⓘ
Pop! Six! Squish! Uh-uh! Cicero! Lipschitz! ⓘ
setting Cook County Jail NERFINISHED ⓘ
women's cell block ⓘ
structure ensemble chorus ⓘ
series of monologues ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Chicago (film musical) → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago (film)
Chicago (2002 film) → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
Chicago → notableSong → Cell Block Tango ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago (musical)