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Chicago
Original Broadway poster art
Music
John Kander
Lyrics
Fred Ebb
Book
Fred Ebb
Bob Fosse
Basis
Chicago
by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Productions
1975 Broadway
1977 Buenos Aires
1977 Hamburg
1979 Vienna
1979 West End
1981 Sydney
1987 Munich
1996 Broadway
1997 Barcelona
1997 North America Tour
1997 West End
1998 Melbourne
1998 Vienna
1999 Madrid
1999 Gothenburg
1999 Las Vegas
1999 Utrecht
2001 Buenos Aires
2001 UK Tour
2001 Mexico City
2002 Warsaw
2002 Moscow
2002 Film
2003 Montreal
2004 Milan
2004 Bucharest
2004 Paris
2004 São Paulo
2005 Johannesburg
2006 Belgrade
2007 Copenhagen
2007 Seoul
2008 Tokyo
2009 Australia Tour
2009 Netherlands Tour
2009 Madrid
2010 Buenos Aires
2010 Royal Caribbean
2012 Bogotá
2012 Lima
2013 Santiago
2013 Moscow
2013 Caracas
2014 Japan Tour
2014 Stuttgart
2016 UK Tour
2017 Copenhagen
2017 San José
2018 West End
2018 International Tour
2018 Paris
Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Jazz Age Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".
The original Broadway production opened in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre[1] and ran for 936 performances until 1977. Bob Fosse choreographed the original production, and his style is strongly identified with the show. Following a West End debut in 1979 which ran for 600 performances, Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, and a year later in the West End.
The Broadway revival holds the record as the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It is the second longest-running show in Broadway history, behind only The Phantom of the Opera, having played its 7,486th performance on November 23, 2014, surpassing Cats.[2] The West End revival became the longest-running American musical in West End history. Chicago has been staged in numerous productions around the world, and has toured extensively in the United States and United Kingdom. The 2002 film version of the musical won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
Contents
1 History
2 Synopsis
2.1 Act I
2.2 Act II
3 Musical numbers
4 Principal characters
5 Musical and staging style
6 Productions
6.1 Original Broadway production
6.2 1979 West End
6.3 1981 Australia
6.4 1996 Broadway revival
6.5 1997 London revival
6.6 North American tours
6.7 2019 Australia
6.8 International productions
7 Recordings
8 Awards and nominations
8.1 Original Broadway production
8.2 Original London production
8.3 1996 Broadway revival
8.4 1997 London revival
9 References
10 External links
History[edit]
The musical Chicago is based on a play of the same name by reporter and playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was assigned to cover the 1924 trials of accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the Chicago Tribune. In the early 1920s, Chicago's press and public became riveted by the subject of homicides committed by women. Several high-profile cases arose, which generally involved women killing their lovers or husbands. These cases were tried against a backdrop of changing views of women in the Jazz age, and a long string of acquittals by Cook County juries of women murderesses (jurors at the time were all men, and convicted murderers generally faced death by hanging). A lore arose that, in Chicago, feminine or attractive women could not be convicted. The Chicago Tribune generally took a pro-prosecution "hang-them-high" stance, while still presenting the details of these women's lives. Its rivals at the Hearst papers were more pro-defendant, and employed what were derisively called "sob-sisters" – women reporters who focused on the plight, attractiveness, redemption, or grace of the women defendants. Regardless of stance, the press covered several of these women as celebrities.[3]
Annan, the model for the character of Roxie Hart, was 23 when she was accused of the April 3, 1924,[4] 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 25, 1924. Velma Kelly is based on Gaertner, who was a cabaret singer, and society divorcée. The body of Walter Law was discovered slumped over the steering wheel of Gaertner's abandoned car on March 12, 1924. Two police officers testified that they had seen a woman getting into the car and shortly thereafter heard gunshots. A bottle of gin and an automatic pistol were found on the floor of the car. Gaertner was acquitted on June 6, 1924. Lawyers William Scott Stewart and W. W. O'Brien were models for a composite character in Chicago, "Billy Flynn".[5]
Watkins' sensational columns documenting these trials proved so popular that she decided to write a play based on them. The show received both popular and critical acclaim and even made it to Broadway in 1926, running for 172 performances. Cecil B. DeMille produced a silent film version, Chicago (1927), starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart. It was later remade as Roxie Hart (1942) starring Ginger Rogers; but, in this version, Roxie was accused of murder without having really committed it.
In the 1960s, Gwen Verdon read the play and asked her husband, Bob Fosse, about the possibility of creating a musical adaptation. Fosse approached playwright Watkins numerous times to buy the rights, but she repeatedly declined. In her later years, Watkins had become a born-again Christian and believed her play glamorized a scandalous way of living.[4] However, upon her death in 1969, her estate sold the rights to producer Richard Fryer, Verdon, and Fosse.[4] John Kander and Fred Ebb began work on the musical score, modeling each number on a traditional vaudeville number or a vaudeville performer. This format made explicit the show's comparison between "justice", "show-business", and contemporary society. Ebb and Fosse penned the book of the musical, and Fosse also directed and choreographed.
Synopsis[edit]
Act I[edit]
In the mid-1920s in Chicago, Velma Kelly 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"). Velma eventually is arrested for her crime. Meanwhile, the audience hears of chorus girl Roxie Hart's murder of her lover, nightclub regular Fred Casely.
Roxie convinces her husband Amos that the victim was a burglar, and Amos cheerfully takes the blame. Roxie expresses her appreciation of her husband's thick skull ("Funny Honey"). However, when the police mention the deceased's name, Amos belatedly realizes that Roxie has lied to him. The truth comes out, and Roxie is arrested. She is sent to the women's block in Cook County Jail, inhabited by Velma and other murderesses ("Cell Block Tango"). The block is presided over by the corrupt Matron "Mama" Morton, whose system of mutual aid ("When You're Good to Mama") perfectly suits her clientele. She 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 also her lawyer, Billy Flynn. Roxie tries to convince Amos to pay for Billy Flynn to be her lawyer ("A Tap Dance"). Eagerly awaited by his all-girl clientele, Billy sings his anthem, complete with a chorus of fan dancers ("All I Care About is Love"). Billy takes Roxie's case and re-arranges her story for consumption by sympathetic tabloid columnist Mary Sunshine ("A Little Bit of Good"). Roxie's press conference turns into a ventriloquist act with Billy dictating a new version of the truth ("We Both Reached for the Gun") to the press while Roxie mouths the words.
Roxie becomes the most popular celebrity in Chicago, as she proclaims quite boastfully while planning for her future career in vaudeville ("Roxie"). As Roxie's fame grows, Velma's notoriety subsides, and in an "act of pure desperation", she tries to talk Roxie into recreating the sister act ("I Can't Do It Alone"), but Roxie turns her down, only to find her own headlines replaced by the latest sordid crime of passion ("Chicago After Midnight"). Separately, Roxie and Velma realize there is no one they can count on but themselves ("My Own Best Friend"), and Roxie decides that being pregnant in prison would put her back on the front page.
Act II[edit]
Velma again welcomes the audience with the line "Hello, Suckers," another reference to Texas Guinan, who commonly greeted her patrons with the same phrase. She informs the audience of Roxie's continual run of luck ("I Know a Girl") despite Roxie's obvious falsehoods ("Me and My Baby"). Without considering how he could be a father in such a short amount of time, Amos proudly claims paternity, but still, nobody notices him ("Mr. Cellophane"). Velma tries to show Billy all the tricks she has planned for her trial ("When Velma Takes The Stand"). Roxie has a heated argument with Billy and fires him. She is brought back down to earth when she learns that a fellow inmate has been executed.
The trial date arrives, and Billy calms her, telling her if she makes a show of it, she will be fine ("Razzle Dazzle"), but when he passes all Velma's ideas on to Roxie, she uses each one, down to the rhinestone garter, to the dismay of Mama and Velma ("Class"). As promised, Billy gets Roxie acquitted, but just as the verdict is announced, some even more sensational crime pulls the press away, and Roxie's fleeting celebrity life is over. Billy leaves, done with the case, admitting that he only did it for the money. Amos stays with her, glad for his wife, but she then confesses that there really is no baby, making Amos finally leave her. Left in the dust, Roxie pulls herself up and extols the joys of life ("Nowadays"). She teams up with Velma in a new act in which they dance and perform ("Hot Honey Rag") until they are joined by the entire company ("Finale").[6]
Musical numbers[edit]
1975 Original Broadway Production
"Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville"
Act 1
"Overture" – Orchestra
"All That Jazz" – Velma Kelly and Company
"Funny Honey" – Roxie Hart, Amos Hart, Sergeant Fogarty
"Cell Block Tango" – Velma and the Girls
"When You're Good to Mama" – Matron "Mama" Morton
"Tap Dance" - Roxie, Amos, and Boys
"All I Care About" – Billy Flynn and the Girls
"A Little Bit of Good" – Mary Sunshine
"We Both Reached for the Gun" – Billy, Roxie, Mary Sunshine
"Roxie" – Roxie and Boys
"I Can't Do It Alone" – Velma
"Chicago After Midnight" – Orchestra
"My Own Best Friend" – Roxie and Velma
Act 2
"I Know a Girl" – Velma
"Me and My Baby" – Roxie and Company
"Mr. Cellophane" – Amos Hart
"When Velma Takes the Stand" – Velma and Boys
"Razzle Dazzle" – Billy and Company
"Class" – Velma and Morton
"Nowadays" – Roxie
Finale: "Nowadays"/"R.S.V.P"/"Keep It Hot" – Roxie and Velma †

1996 Revival Production
"Chicago: The Musical"
Act 1
"Overture" – Orchestra
"All That Jazz" – Velma Kelly and Company
"Funny Honey" – Roxie Hart
"Cell Block Tango" – Velma and the Murderesses
"When You're Good to Mama" – Matron "Mama" Morton
"Tap Dance" - Roxie, Amos, and Boys
"All I Care About" – Billy Flynn and the Girls
"A Little Bit of Good" – Mary Sunshine
"We Both Reached for the Gun" – Billy, Roxie, Mary and the Reporters
"Roxie" – Roxie and the Boys
"I Can't Do It Alone" – Velma
"I Can't Do It Alone (Reprise)" – Velma
"Chicago After Midnight" – Orchestra
"My Own Best Friend" – Roxie and Velma
"Finale Act I: All That Jazz (Reprise)" – Velma
Act 2
"Entr'acte" – Orchestra
"I Know a Girl" – Velma
"Me and My Baby" – Roxie and Company
"Mr. Cellophane" – Amos Hart
"When Velma Takes the Stand" – Velma and the Boys
"Razzle Dazzle" – Billy and Company
"Class" – Velma and Mama Morton
"Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag" – Velma and Roxie
"Finale Act II: All That Jazz (Reprise)" – Company
† In the 1975 Original Broadway Production and its Playbill, there are a few contradicting song lists. Songs such as "R.S.V.P" and "Keep It Hot" which were instrumental pieces in the "Finale" were removed from the licensable music, but were included in original production and script. Other songs such as "Ten Percent" sung by a deleted character who was Velma's agent, and "No" sung by Roxie and Boys were cut soon into the production and only appear on demo recordings and in the original Playbill, but are not in the original script. Other cut songs from the show were "Rose Colored Glasses" a different version of "We Both Reached for the Gun", "Pansy Eyes", and "Loopin' the Loop."[7][8]
Principal characters[edit]
Source for West End:overthefootlights.co.uk[9]
Principal characters and performers of notable stage productions:
Character
Description
Original Broadway performer
Original West End performer
Original Broadway revival performer
Original West End revival performer
Roxie Hart
An aspiring vaudevillian and murderess who kills her lover after a spat and is sent to jail. Gwen Verdon Antonia Ellis Ann Reinking Ruthie Henshall
Velma Kelly
A vaudevillian and murderess who is on trial for killing her cheating husband and sister. She is represented by Billy Flynn and competes with Roxie Hart for him. Chita Rivera Jenny Logan Bebe Neuwirth Ute Lemper
Billy Flynn
Velma and Roxie's lawyer who has a perfect track record and makes celebrities of his clients to win sympathy and sway public opinion. Jerry Orbach Ben Cross James Naughton Henry Goodman
Amos Hart
Roxie's faithful and good-natured but simple husband whom nobody pays attention to. He spends most of the show trying to make Roxie take interest in him or even just acknowledge his existence. Barney Martin Don Fellows Joel Grey Nigel Planer
Matron "Mama" Morton
The matron of the Cook County Jail who believes that all favors she gives should be reciprocated. Mary McCarty Hope Jackman Marcia Lewis Meg Johnson
Mary Sunshine
The newspaper reporter who follows the trials of both Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. In most productions, Sunshine is revealed to be a male at the end of the show. M. O'Haughey G. Lyons D. Sabella-Mills C. Shirvell
Musical and staging style[edit]
According to Fred Ebb, he wrote the book in a vaudeville style because "the characters were performers. Every musical moment in the show was loosely modeled on someone else: Roxie was Helen Morgan, Velma was Texas Guinan, Billy Flynn was Ted Lewis, Mama Morton was Sophie Tucker." Kander elaborates that the reason the show was called a vaudeville "is because many of the songs we wrote are related to specific performers like those you mentioned, and Eddie Cantor and Bert Williams as well."[10]
It was through the initial production, and not the writing, that many of the "traditional" Chicago staging conventions were developed:
The double snap in "Razzle Dazzle" was added as an afterthought at the suggestion of Fred Ebb to John Kander. Kander explains: "I remember when we wrote "Razzle Dazzle", before we took it in and played it for Bob, you [Ebb] said with absolute confidence 'Try adding a couple of finger snaps to it. Bobby will love that.' We added them...and as soon as he heard the finger snaps, he loved the song."[10] During rehearsals, "Razzle Dazzle" was originally staged as an orgy on the steps of the courthouse. Fosse was talked out of allowing this staging, when Jerry Orbach "convinced him that he was missing the Brechtian subtlety intrinsic in the number."[11]
The original finale was "Loopin' the Loop", a doubles act with Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera; however, "the scene seemed too much like an amateur act so Fosse asked for something more 'glamorous in pretty gowns'". The piece was cut and replaced with "Nowadays". Instrumental sections of "Loopin' the Loop" can still be heard in the Overture.[11] Two other sections termed "Keep It Hot" and "RSVP" were cut from the finale as well.
Another principal character, a theatrical agent named Harry Glassman, was played by David Rounds, whose role was to exploit the notoriety of the prisoners for his own gain. He also served as the evening's M.C. This character's role and the song "Ten Percent" was cut,[12] with the character folded into that of Matron Mama Morton, and various members of the chorus shared his M.C. duties.[13]
In a reversal of roles, Fosse decided the lyrics to the number "Class" were too offensive and censored Kander and Ebb's original version of the song. One of the original lyrics "Every guy is a snot/Every girl is a twat" was restored for the 2002 movie, although the entire number was cut from the final release of the movie.
Productions[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]
M. O'Haughey as Mary Sunshine and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn in the original Broadway cast, 1976
Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville opened on June 3, 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre, and ran for a total of 936 performances, closing on August 27, 1977.[14] The opening night cast starred Chita Rivera as Velma Kelly, Gwen Verdon as Roxie Hart, Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn and Barney Martin as Amos Hart. Velma Kelly had been a comparatively minor character in all versions of Chicago prior to the musical rendering. The role was fleshed out to balance Chita Rivera's role opposite Gwen Verdon's Roxie Hart.
The musical received mixed reviews. The Brechtian style of the show, which frequently dropped the fourth wall, made audiences uncomfortable. According to James Leve, "Chicago is cynical and subversive, exploiting American cultural mythologies in order to attack American celebrity culture."[15]
The show opened the same year as Michael Bennett's highly successful A Chorus Line, which beat out Chicago in both ticket sales and at the Tony Awards.[16] The show was on the verge of closing, when it ran into another setback: Gwen Verdon had to have surgery on nodes in her throat after inhaling a feather during the show's finale.[17] The producers contemplated closing the show, but Liza Minnelli stepped in and offered to play the role of Roxie Hart in place of Verdon. Her run lasted slightly over a month (August 8, 1975, through September 13, 1975),[18] boosting the show's popularity, and Gwen Verdon recuperated and returned to the show. Ann Reinking, who would go on to star in the highly successful 1996 revival[19] and choreograph that production in the style of Bob Fosse, was also a cast replacement for Roxie Hart during the show's original run.[20]
1979 West End[edit]
The first West End, London production opened at the Cambridge Theatre in April 1979 and ran for around 600 performances.[21] It starred Jenny Logan as Velma Kelly, Ben Cross as Billy, and Antonia Ellis as Roxie Hart.[22] Ellis (Actress of the Year in a Musical) and Ben Cross (Actor of the Year in a Musical) were nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for their performances, and the musical was nominated as Musical of the Year.[23]
1981 Australia[edit]
The original Australian production opened at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre in June 1981. Featuring Nancye Hayes (Roxie), Geraldine Turner (Velma), Terence Donovan (Billy) and Judi Connelli (Mama), it was a new production directed by Richard Wherrett for the Sydney Theatre Company, rather than a replica of the Broadway production.[24] It transferred to the Theatre Royal in Sydney, before touring to Melbourne's Comedy Theatre, Adelaide's Festival Theatre and a return season at the Theatre Royal, playing until March 1982. Sydney Theatre Company's production also toured to the Hong Kong Arts Festival in February 1983.[25]
1996 Broadway revival[edit]
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City Center Encores! series presented Chicago in concert in May 1996.[26] The Encores! series, according to their statement, "celebrates the rarely heard works of America’s most important composers and lyricists...Encores! gives three glorious scores the chance to be heard as their creators originally intended."[27]
The production was directed by Walter Bobbie with choreography "in the style of Bob Fosse" by Ann Reinking, who also starred as Roxie Hart.[26] Also in the cast were Bebe Neuwirth as Velma Kelly, Joel Grey as Amos Hart and James Naughton as Billy Flynn.[26] The show was well-received, with Howard Kissel, reviewing for the New York Daily News writing that "This Chicago impressed me far more than the original.".[28] Ben Brantley, in his review for The New York Times, wrote " 'Make love to the audience' was another Fosse dictum. That's exactly what Ms. Reinking and her ensemble do. Chicago can still seem glibly cynical and artificially cold, especially in its weaker second act. But these performers know just how to take off the chill."[29] By May 10, 1996, there was talk of a Broadway production: "Down the block, there is a move afoot to move the Encores production of Chicago to Broadway. Rocco Landesman said that he and Fran and Barry Weissler wanted to bring the production to the Martin Beck Theater this summer."[30]
Chicago: The Musical at the Ambassador Theatre, New York, May 2010
Barry and Fran Weissler brought the Encores! production to Broadway, after some revision and expansion, but retaining the spare and minimalist style in costumes and set.[31] The set design includes the presence of the band center stage in an evocation of a jury box, around and upon which the actors play some scenes. There are also chairs along the sides of this central piece, in which the actors at times sit or lounge, when not directly involved in the action. The show opened on November 14, 1996, at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (the same theater where the original production had played)[32] with a script adapted by David Thompson,[33] eventually setting a record for recovering its initial costs faster than any other musical in history, likely due in part to the stripped-down design elements.
Unlike the original production, the revival was met with praise from critics. The CurtainUp reviewer noted "The show garnered ecstatic reviews, enviable box office sales and enough awards to warrant a special Chicago trophy room."[31] Society had changed in light of events such as the O. J. Simpson murder case, and audiences were more receptive to the criminal-as-celebrity theme of the show.[34]
The revival of Chicago won six Tony Awards, more than any other revival in Broadway history until South Pacific won seven Tonys in 2008.[35] Chicago won for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Leading Actress in a Musical for Bebe Neuwirth, Best Leading Actor in a Musical for James Naughton, Best Lighting Design of a Musical for Ken Billington, Best Director of a Musical for Walter Bobbie and Best Choreography for Ann Reinking.[36] Chicago: The Musical has run for more than 8,000 performances[36][37] and holds the record for longest-running musical revival on Broadway.[38] Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton and Joel Grey returned for cameos appearances during the record breaking performance.[39]
The cast recording of the revival was released on January 28, 1997 on RCA Victor.[40] The cast recording won the 1997 Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album.[41]
Among the many other performers and celebrities who have appeared in the show during its long run are Michelle Williams, Usher, Brandy, Christopher Sieber, Charlotte d'Amboise, Michael C. Hall, Roz Ryan, Jerry Springer, Brooke Shields, NeNe Leakes, Debra Monk, Patrick Swayze, Kevin Richardson, Gretchen Mol, Rita Wilson, Alan Thicke, Melanie Griffith, Taye Diggs, Carol Woods, Chandra Wilson, John O'Hurley, Christine Pedi, Ashlee Simpson, Adam Pascal, Amy Spanger, Leigh Zimmerman, Wendy Williams[42] Samantha Harris, Jennifer Nettles, Marilu Henner, Jeff McCarthy, Philip Casnoff, Pasquale Aleardi, Ruthie Henshall, Christie Brinkley,[43]Tony Yazbeck, Kara DioGuardi, Sofía Vergara, Mel B, [44] Ryoko Yonekura, and Todrick Hall.
On January 29, 2003, more than six years into its run, the Broadway production moved a second time, to the Ambassador Theatre, where it has played ever since. On November 23, 2014, Chicago became the second longest-running Broadway show ever, passing Cats.[36]
1997 London revival[edit]
On November 18, 1997, the revival production opened in London's West End.[45][46] Like the New York revival, it was directed by Walter Bobbie and designed by John Lee Beatty, with choreography by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse.[47] The show ran at the Adelphi Theatre for nine years until transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006.[48] The original cast of the production included German jazz singer Ute Lemper as Velma, British actress Ruthie Henshall as Roxie Hart, Nigel Planer as Amos Hart, and Henry Goodman as Billy Flynn. The production won the 1998 Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical, and Lemper was awarded Best Actress in a Musical. Both Lemper and Henshall have played the role of Velma on Broadway.
Like its Broadway counterpart, the London production featured many celebrities in the starring roles. For example, Marti Pellow, David Hasselhoff, John Barrowman, Tony Hadley, Jerry Springer, Kevin Richardson and Ian Kelsey have all played the role of Billy Flynn. Maria Friedman, Josefina Gabrielle, Denise Van Outen, Claire Sweeney, Linzi Hateley, Frances Ruffelle, Jennifer Ellison, Jill Halfpenny, Brooke Shields, Sally Ann Triplett, Bonnie Langford, Tina Arena, Ashlee Simpson, Aoife Mulholland, Michelle Williams and Christie Brinkley have all played Roxie Hart. Williams was the first African American woman to play the part of Roxie on the West End stage. James Doherty was a replacement as Amos.[49]
The production moved out of the Cambridge Theatre on August 27, 2011[50] and transferred to the Garrick Theatre on November 7, 2011, starring America Ferrera as Roxie.[47] Robin Cousins joined the cast as Billy Flynn on July 17, 2012. The show closed on September 1, 2012 after a total run of nearly 15 years in London.[51] The UK tour of the production continued after the closing.[52]
To celebrate the 21st Anniversary of the West End revival production, Chicago returned, this time at the Phoenix Theatre opening April 11, 2018, starring Cuba Gooding Jr as Billy Flynn, Sarah Soetaert as Roxie Hart, Josefina Gabrielle as Velma Kelly, and Ruthie Henshall as Mama Morton.[53][54] A cast change saw Martin Kemp take over the role of Billy Flynn, with Alexandra Burke as Roxie Hart and Mazz Murray as Mama Morton.[55]
North American tours[edit]
There have been ten North American national tours of Chicago.[56] The first tour started in April 1997 in Cincinnati, Ohio, six months after the revival opened on Broadway. The cast featured Charlotte d'Amboise (Roxie Hart), Jasmine Guy (Velma Kelly), Obba Babatunde (Billy Flynn) and Carol Woods (Matron "Mama" Morton). A second company started in December 1997 in Tampa, Florida.[57] The tour went on hiatus in Fall 1999 and started again in October 1999 in Denver, Colorado, featuring Robert Urich as Billy Flynn, Vicki Lewis (Velma) and Nana Visitor (Roxie).[58][59] The next tour started in October 2000 in Stamford, Connecticut, with Robert Urich. Chita Rivera joined the tour for several weeks.[60]
The 2003 tour started in June 2003 at the National Theatre, Washington, DC, with Brenda Braxton playing Velma, Bianca Marroquin as Roxie, and Gregory Harrison as Billy Flynn.[61][62] During 2004 the tour cast included Alan Thicke and Tom Wopat as Billy Flynn and Carol Woods as Matron "Mama" Morton.[63] The most recent tour started in November 2008 in Charlotte, North Carolina and starred Tom Wopat as Billy Flynn, Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly and Roz Ryan (later replaced by Carol Woods) as Matron "Mama" Morton.[56][64] On January 16, 2012 Peruvian actor Marco Zunino joined the cast as Billy Flynn.[65][66]
2019 Australia[edit]
On 14 June 2018, the Gordon Frost Organisation announced a revival tour of Chicago that will kick off in early 2019 at the Lyric Theatre in Sydney. Casting and further dater are yet to be announced.[67]
International productions[edit]
The first Japanese-language production of the Tony-winning revival of Kander and Ebb's Chicago debuted in October 2008 at the Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo, Japan, followed by an engagement at Osaka's Umeda Art Theatre.[68] Presented by Barry and Fran Weissler in association with Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc. and Kyodo Tokyo Inc., the production starred Ryoko Yonekura as Roxie Hart, Yōka Wao as Velma Kelly and Ryuichi Kawamura as Billy Flynn.
In Perú, the musical was released on June 16, 2012 starring Tati Alcántara, Denisse Dibós, and Marco Zunino in Teatro Municipal (Lima).[69] The show was also staged using a Spanish translation in Costa Rica in 2017 starring Silvia Baltodano and Isabel Guzman. [70]
Recordings[edit]
Artwork for original Broadway cast recording (1975)
There have been several cast recordings of Chicago:
1975 Original Broadway Cast[71]
1981 Original Australian Cast[72]
1996 Broadway Revival[73]
1998 London Cast[74]
1997 Austrian (German language) Cast – Live Cast Album (with Anna Montanaro)
1999 Dutch Cast – Live Cast Album, 2 discs (with Pia Douwes)
2014 German Cast - Live Cast Album, Stuttgart, 1 disc with Nigel Casey, Lana Gordon, Carien Keizer
Awards and nominations[edit]
Original Broadway production[edit]
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
1976 Tony Award Best Musical Nominated
Best Book of a Musical Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb Nominated
Best Original Score John Kander and Fred Ebb Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical Jerry Orbach Nominated
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Chita Rivera Nominated
Gwen Verdon Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Bob Fosse Nominated
Best Choreography Nominated
Best Scenic Design Tony Walton Nominated
Best Costume Design Patricia Zipprodt Nominated
Best Lighting Design Jules Fisher Nominated
Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Musical Jerry Orbach Nominated
Outstanding Lighting Design Jules Fisher Won
Grammy Award Grammy Award for Best Cast Show Album Nominated
Original London production[edit]
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
1979 Laurence Olivier Award Best New Musical Nominated
Best Actor in a Musical Ben Cross Nominated
Best Actress in a Musical Antonia Ellis Nominated
1996 Broadway revival[edit]
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
1997 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Revival of a Musical Won
Outstanding Actor in a Musical James Naughton Nominated
Outstanding Actress in a Musical Bebe Neuwirth Won
Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical Joel Grey Won
Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Marcia Lewis Nominated
Outstanding Choreography Ann Reinking Won
Outstanding Director of a Musical Walter Bobbie Won
Outstanding Lighting Design Ken Billington Won
Tony Award Best Revival of a Musical Won
Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical James Naughton Won
Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical Bebe Neuwirth Won
Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical Marcia Lewis Nominated
Best Direction of a Musical Walter Bobbie Won
Best Choreography Ann Reinking Won
Best Costume Design William Ivey Long Nominated
Best Lighting Design Ken Billington Won
1998 Grammy Award Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album Won
1997 London revival[edit]
Year
Award Ceremony
Category
Nominee
Result
1997 Laurence Olivier Award Outstanding Musical Production Won
Best Actor in a Musical Henry Goodman Nominated
Best Actress in a Musical Ute Lemper Won
Ruthie Henshall Nominated
Best Director Walter Bobbie Nominated
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1999 Grammy Award Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album Nominated
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The Good Witch
Written by
Rod Spence
Directed by
Craig Pryce
Starring
Catherine Bell
Chris Potter
Country of origin
United States
Canada
Original language(s)
English
Production
Producer(s)
Orly Adelson
Ian McDougal
Frank Siracusa
Editor(s)
George Roulston
Running time
89 minutes
Release
Original network
Hallmark Channel
Original release
January 19, 2008 (2008-01-19)
Chronology
Followed by
The Good Witch's Garden
The Good Witch is a television film that aired on the Hallmark Channel on January 19, 2008. It stars Catherine Bell as Cassandra Nightingale and Chris Potter as Chief of Police Jake Russell. The film has spawned six sequels and a television series.
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1 Plot
2 Cast
3 Promotion
4 Production
5 Reception
6 Home media
7 Sequels
8 Television series
9 Characters
10 References
11 External links
Plot[edit]
A mysterious, darkly beautiful woman, who claims to be named "Cassandra Nightingale", moves into an old, abandoned house which is reputed to be haunted by its original owner, "The Grey Lady." The small community is divided in their opinion of her: some want her to stay, especially widowed police chief Jake Russell and his two children, while others want her to leave, especially Martha Tinsdale. Through the course of the story, seemingly magical things happen, and the community attributes these occurrences to her. Everyone begins to wonder if she is really a witch.
Cast[edit]
Catherine Bell as Cassandra Nightingale (Aka Sue-Ellen Brock)
Chris Potter as Chief of Police Jake Russell
Matthew Knight as Brandon Russell
Hannah Endicott-Douglas as Lori Russell
Nathan McLeod as Michael
Jesse Bostick as Kyle
Paula Boudrea as Nancy
Noah Cappe as Deputy Derek Sanders
Catherine Disher as Martha Tinsdale
Peter MacNeill as George O'Hanrahan
Promotion[edit]
On January 15, 2008, Hallmark Channel and Limbo, the mobile entertainment community, teamed up to create and launch the cable network's first-ever mobile interactive initiative. The campaign "enhanced viewers' experience of the premiere of the network's original movie ... through 'Limbo Unique' – a game played via cell phone or online". The grand prize was $2,000 and a portrait of the "Grey Lady" that was featured in the movie.[1]
Production[edit]
Although set in "Middleton, USA", it was filmed in Hamilton and Niagara on the Lake, Ontario. In the sequel, The Good Witch's Charm, the map on the wall in the police station shows Middleton north and west of Chicago, in the vicinity of DuPage County. The names of the suburbs and interstates that are west of Chicago can be clearly seen.
Reception[edit]
The movie had great success on Hallmark Channel on the night of its premiere, making it the second-highest-rated original movie to that date. It premiered with a 3.8 HH (household) rating and was in nearly 3.2 million homes.[2] It also was #1 in its time period, propelling the channel to the #4 spot in weekly ranking.[3]
Home media[edit]
The Good Witch (Region 1) DVD was released on January 5, 2010.
The Good Witch Collection (Region 1) DVD was released October 14, 2014.[4]
Sequels[edit]
On February 7, 2009, the Hallmark Channel aired a sequel, The Good Witch's Garden.[5][6] The third installment, The Good Witch's Gift,[7] aired on November 13, 2010, on Hallmark. The fourth installment, The Good Witch's Family, aired on October 29, 2011. The fifth installment The Good Witch's Charm premiered on October 27, 2012. The Good Witch's Destiny sixth installment premiered on October 26, 2013. A seventh installment, The Good Witch's Wonder, aired October 25, 2014.[8]
Television series[edit]
Main article: Good Witch (TV series)
In February 2014, the Hallmark Channel announced that Good Witch had been green-lighted for a ten-episode series, starring Catherine Bell, to premiere on February 28, 2015.[9][10] Production for the first season began on October 29, 2014, in Toronto,[11] with Sue Tenney as showrunner. Bailee Madison and James Denton also star.[11][12]
Characters[edit]
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Character
Title
The Good Witch
Garden
Gift
Family
Charm
Destiny
Wonder
Season 1
Halloween
Season 2
Secrets of Grey House
Season 3
Spellbound
Season 4
Cassie Nightingale
Catherine Bell
Jake Russell
Chris Potter
Martha Tinsdale
Catherine Disher
George
Peter MacNeill Peter MacNeill
Brandon Russell
Matthew Knight Dan Jeannotte Dan Jeannotte Dan Jeannotte
Lori Russell
Hannah Endicott-Douglas
Derek
Noah Cappe
Tom Tinsdale
Paul Miller Paul Miller Paul Miller Paul Miller Paul Miller
Michael Tinsdale
Nathan McLeod Edward Ruttle Edward Ruttle
Gwen
Elizabeth Lennie Elizabeth Lennie
Abigail Pershing
Sarah Power Sarah Power
Tara
Ashley Leggat Rebecca Dalton Rebecca Dalton Rebecca Dalton
Grace Russell
uncredited uncredited Lily-Fay Mowbray Bailee Madison
Jarod
Randal Edwards Randal Edwards Randal Edwards
Sam
James Denton
Ryan
Anthony Lemke Anthony Lemke
Stephanie
Kylee Evans
Nick
Rhys Matthew Bond
Anthony
Shane Harte
Linda
Gabrielle Miller
Ben
Jefferson Brown
Eve
Kate Corbett
John Dover
Dan Payne
Courtney
Alanna Bale Alanna Bale
Liam
Seann Gallagher
Noah
James Swalm James Rittinger
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel Press Site: Company Milestones Archived December 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Breaking News - Catherine Bell and Chris Potter to Star in Sequel to "The Good Witch," Hallmark Channel's Second-Highest-Rated Original Movie Ever - TheFutonCritic.com". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel Press Release 1/23/2008 Archived October 9, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Amazon.com: The Good Witch Collection (The Good Witch's Garden / Good Witch's Gift / The Good Witch's Family / The Good Witch's Charm) (Hallmark): Catherine Bell, Craig Pryce: Movies & TV". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel Press Release 12/8/2008[dead link]
Jump up ^ The Good Witch's Garden Archived March 23, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. at Hallmark
Jump up ^ "Breaking News - Hallmark Channel 2010 Fall TV Preview - TheFutonCritic.com". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Jump up ^ "Breaking News - Catherine Bell and Chris Potter Reteam for the Spell-Binding Seventh Installment in "The Good Witch" Series - TheFutonCritic.com". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
Jump up ^ Hallmark Channel's Good Witch Movies To Spawn Drama Series Starring Catherine Bell
Jump up ^ Join Us Saturday, February 28 8/7c for the Two-Hour World Premiere Event of Good Witch, A Hallmark Channel Original Primetime Series
^ Jump up to: a b James Denton to Star in Hallmark Channel's 'The Good Witch' Archived October 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine.
Jump up ^ "Details". Retrieved 1 May 2016.
External links[edit]
The Good Witch at Hallmark Channel
The Good Witch Movies on Hallmark Channel
The Good Witch on IMDb
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