"Chicago (2002 film) Chicago is a 2002 American musical crime comedy-drama film based on the stage-musical of the same name, exploring the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. The film stars Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere. ""Chicago"" centers on Velma Kelly (Zeta-Jones) and Roxie Hart (Zellweger), two murderesses who find themselves in jail together awaiting trial in 1920s Chicago. Velma, a vaudevillian, and Roxie, a housewife, fight for the fame that will keep them from the gallows. Directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, and adapted by screenwriter Bill Condon, with music by"
"Roxie Hart (film) Roxie Hart, also known as Chicago or Chicago Gal, is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley and Spring Byington. The film is an adaptation of the 1926 play ""Chicago"" by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist who had found her inspiration in two real-life Chicago trials she had covered for the press. The play had already been adapted once before, as the 1927 silent movie ""Chicago"", and it would later be adapted as the 1975 musical ""Chicago"", which in turn"
"Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical ""Chicago"" while at school. She graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Her acting debut was in a minor role in the television series ""The Eagle"" in 2005. She followed this by playing Roxie Hart in a Copenhagen production of ""Chicago"", and later on the West End. Sørensen's breakthrough role"
"Roxanne Hart Roxanne Hart (born July 27, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film ""Highlander"", and as Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series ""Chicago Hope"" (1994–1998). Hart also received Tony and Drama Desk Awards nominations for her stage works. Hart was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan Irene (née McKee) and Edward J. Hart, Jr. Her father was a teacher and later became the principal at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York. She graduated from Greeley in 1969. She was married to"
"parental consent. Bilson and Christensen separated in September 2017. Rachel Bilson Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a California show business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series ""The O.C."" Bilson made her movie debut in ""The Last Kiss"" (2006) and starred in the science-fiction-action film ""Jumper"" (2008). From 2011 to 2015, she starred as Dr. Zoe Hart on The CW series ""Hart of Dixie"". Bilson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Janice Stango, a sex therapist,"
"Aoife Mulholland Aoife Mulholland ( ; ; born 29 May 1978) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End. She has starred as Roxie Hart (twice) in ""Chicago"", at the Cambridge Theatre and for 18 months as Maria von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" at the London Palladium; and as Brooke Wyndham in ""Legally Blonde"" at the Savoy Theatre. She has also appeared in concerts, films and several popular TV series. Mulholland was first seen nationally in 2006 on the hit BBC TV show ""How Do"
"the original production in 1975), Ann Reinking, Bianca Marroquin, Brooke Shields, Ruthie Henshall, Melora Hardin, Ashlee Simpson, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Harris, Michelle Williams, Christie Brinkley and Brandy Norwood. Henshall, Simpson, Shields, and Williams have portrayed the character both on Broadway and The West End. Bebe Neuwirth, who won a Tony Award for the role of Velma Kelly in 1997, also portrayed Roxie in the same production in 2006. Roxie Hart Roxanne ""Roxie"" Hart is a fictional character originally from the 1926 play ""Chicago"". The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the real-life 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan"
"the Broadway musical ""Chicago"", the summer after their wedding. The couple separated in 2005 and filed for divorce in 2006. Amy Spanger Amy Spanger (born August 24, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Spanger was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the musical ""Sunset Boulevard"", following a half-year run in the pre-Broadway national tour of ""Jekyll & Hyde"". She originated the role of Lois Lane (Bianca) in the Broadway revival of ""Kiss Me, Kate"". In ""Chicago"" she played Roxie Hart, and in ""Urinetown"", Hope Cladwell. In 2006, she originated the role of"
"but if you have confidence in your talent, in your own ability, nobody can take that away from you and you will succeed. Never give up. Learn from your mistakes and move on."" Aoife Mulholland Aoife Mulholland ( ; ; born 29 May 1978) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End. She has starred as Roxie Hart (twice) in ""Chicago"", at the Cambridge Theatre and for 18 months as Maria von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" at the London Palladium; and as Brooke Wyndham in"
"Broadway debut in the play ""Les Liaisons Dangereuses"". Birgitte Hjort Sørensen Birgitte Hjort Sørensen (born 16 January 1982) is a Danish actress. She has been nominated for three Robert Awards and one Bodil Award. Born in Hillerød and raised in Birkerød, Sørensen aspired to an acting career after watching the West End production of the musical ""Chicago"" while at school. She graduated from the Danish National School of Performing Arts. Her acting debut was in a minor role in the television series ""The Eagle"" in 2005. She followed this by playing Roxie Hart in a Copenhagen production of ""Chicago"", and"
"Ann Reinking Ann Reinking (born November 10, 1949) is an American actress, dancer, and choreographer. Her extensive work in musical theater includes starring in Broadway productions of ""Coco"" (1969), ""Over Here!"" (1974), ""Goodtime Charley"" (1975), ""A Chorus Line"" (1976), ""Chicago"" (1977), ""Dancin'"" (1978) and ""Sweet Charity"" (1986). In the 1996 revival of ""Chicago"", she reprised the role of Roxie Hart and was also the choreographer, winning the Tony Award for Best Choreography. For the 2000 West End production of ""Fosse"", she won the Olivier Award for Best Theatre Choreographer. She has also appeared in the films ""All That Jazz"" (1979),"
"Rachel Bilson Rachel Sarah Bilson (born August 25, 1981) is an American actress. Born to a California show business family, Bilson made her television debut in 2003, and then landed the role of Summer Roberts on the prime-time drama series ""The O.C."" Bilson made her movie debut in ""The Last Kiss"" (2006) and starred in the science-fiction-action film ""Jumper"" (2008). From 2011 to 2015, she starred as Dr. Zoe Hart on The CW series ""Hart of Dixie"". Bilson was born in Los Angeles, the daughter of Janice Stango, a sex therapist, and Danny Bilson, a writer, director, and producer. She"
"for which she received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress – Drama. She also portrayed Roxie Hart in the 2002 musical film ""Chicago"", directed by Rob Marshall and co-starring Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, and John C. Reilly. The movie garnered wide critical acclaim and won the Best Picture award at the 75th Academy Awards. Writing for ""The Daily Telegraph"", Tim Robey labeled ""Chicago"" as the ""best screen musical [since 1972's ""Cabaret""]"", and the ""San Francisco Chronicle"" commented, ""Zellweger is a joy to watch, with marvelous comic timing and, in her stage numbers, a commanding presence"". She"
"Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of ""Chicago"". In 2014–2015, Mol played the role of Emily in the Broadway debut of Ayad Akhtar's Pulitzer-Prize-winning play ""Disgraced"". In 1994, Mol was spotted by photographer David William Powell. He photographed her in New York's Central Park and replaced her unrepresentative portfolio with professional-looking black-and-white images which landed her on the cover of ""W"" within weeks, and foreshadowed her ""It Girl"" and ""Bettie Page"" looks. Shortly afterwards, she ended her brief modeling career and entered acting full time. While major roles have been sporadic, Mol has been in more than 30 feature films."
"from Season 9, during Hollywood week. DioGuardi also recorded a video of herself singing ""Terrified"" with Jason Reeves on YouTube, which currently has over 1,800,000 views. She appeared on ""Hannah Montana"" as herself in the episode ""Judge Me Tender"". After leaving ""American Idol"", she was a head judge on the Bravo singer-songwriter competition series ""Platinum Hit"" as of 2011. DioGuardi guest starred as herself on ""The Simpsons"" and ""Sesame Street"". From September 5 – October 30, 2011, she made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"". DioGuardi has also released an autobiography after her departure from ""American Idol"" named"
"Chicago (1927 film) Chicago is a 1927 American comedy-drama silent film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The plot of the film is drawn from the play ""Chicago"" by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver), and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend. The silent film adds considerably to the material in Watkins' play, some additions based on the original murder, and some for Hollywood considerations. The murder, which occurs in a very brief vignette before the play begins, is fleshed out"
"Roxie Hart Roxanne ""Roxie"" Hart is a fictional character originally from the 1926 play ""Chicago"". The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the real-life 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner (for separate crimes), which she covered for the ""Chicago Tribune"" (both women were acquitted). Annan was the basis for Roxie Hart. The play made it to Broadway in 1926 and ran for 172 performances. Gaertner attended the Chicago opening. Its adaptations include: Performers who have portrayed Roxie Hart in the musical also include Katherine Edgar, Paige Davis, Liza Minnelli (who substituted for Gwen Verdon in"
"Get Away with Murder"". Roxanne Hart Roxanne Hart (born July 27, 1952) is an American actress, best known for her roles as Brenda Wyatt in the 1986 film ""Highlander"", and as Nurse Camille Shutt on the CBS medical drama series ""Chicago Hope"" (1994–1998). Hart also received Tony and Drama Desk Awards nominations for her stage works. Hart was born in Trenton, New Jersey, the daughter of Joan Irene (née McKee) and Edward J. Hart, Jr. Her father was a teacher and later became the principal at Horace Greeley High School in Chappaqua, New York. She graduated from Greeley in 1969."
"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."
"two murders. She first called it ""The Brave Little Woman"", then ""Chicago, or Play Ball"" (first copyrighted version: pre-production manuscript), and finally ""Chicago"" (second copyrighted version: post-production script). Beulah Annan became ""Roxie Hart""; Belva Gaertner, ""Velma Kelly""; Albert Annan, ""Amos Hart""; and the two lawyers, William Scott Stewart and W.W. O'Brien, were combined into the composite character ""Billy Flynn"" (O'Brien seems to have been the closest direct match). Director Sam Forrest was replaced by George Abbott at the request of Jeanne Eagels (Roxie Hart); but Eagels quit the show within a few days, and Francine Larrimore replaced Eagels. ""Chicago"" opened"
"Amy Spanger Amy Spanger (born August 24, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Spanger was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the musical ""Sunset Boulevard"", following a half-year run in the pre-Broadway national tour of ""Jekyll & Hyde"". She originated the role of Lois Lane (Bianca) in the Broadway revival of ""Kiss Me, Kate"". In ""Chicago"" she played Roxie Hart, and in ""Urinetown"", Hope Cladwell. In 2006, she originated the role of Holly in ""The Wedding Singer"". Spanger also appeared in the national touring companies of ""Rent"" and ""Chicago"". She originated the"
"time. In 1996, she was asked to create the choreography ""in the style of Bob Fosse"" for an all-star four-night-only concert staging of ""Chicago"" for City Center's annual Encores! Concert Series. When the producers could not obtain a suitable actress for the role of Roxie Hart, Reinking agreed to reprise the role after almost 20 years. This concert staging of ""Chicago"" was a hit, and a few months later the production (in its concert staging presentation) was produced on Broadway, with the Encores! cast: Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey, James Naughton, and Marcia Lewis. In November 2016 the revival celebrated"
"opening of Watkins's play ""Chicago"" in Chicago, Illinois. The play has since been adapted into a 1927 silent film, 1975 stage musical, and 2002 movie musical (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), all by that name, as well as the 1942 romantic comedy film ""Roxie Hart"". Velma Kelly, the 1975 musical character inspired by her, won Bebe Neuwirth the Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for its acclaimed 1996 revival; it also won Catherine Zeta-Jones the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the 2002 film based on it. The character was known as simply"
"Bianca Marroquín Bianca Marroquín is a Mexican musical theatre and television actress known as the first Mexican actress to have a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of ""Chicago"". Bianca Marroquín became part of the Mexico City cast of ""Beauty and the Beast"", so she decided to move to Mexico City and start her professional theatre career. She performed in Mexican productions of several Broadway musicals: ""Rent"" (1999–2001), ""The Phantom of the Opera"", and ""Chicago"", which landed her an invitation to perform as Roxie Hart, with George Hamilton"
"the reputation of the film. A print of ""Chicago"" also survives at Gosfilmofond Russian State Archives. Chicago (1927 film) Chicago is a 1927 American comedy-drama silent film produced by Cecil B. DeMille and directed by Frank Urson. The plot of the film is drawn from the play ""Chicago"" by Maurine Dallas Watkins which was in turn based on the true story of Beulah Annan, fictionalized as Roxie Hart (Phyllis Haver), and her spectacular murder of her boyfriend. The silent film adds considerably to the material in Watkins' play, some additions based on the original murder, and some for Hollywood considerations."
"Denise van Outen Denise van Outen (born Denise Kathleen Outen; 27 May 1974) is an English actress, singer, model, dancer and presenter. She presented ""The Big Breakfast"", played Roxie Hart in the musical ""Chicago"" both in the West End and on Broadway and finished as runner-up in the tenth series of the BBC One dancing show ""Strictly Come Dancing"". She was a judge on ""Any Dream Will Do"" in 2007, ""Born to Shine"" in 2011 and since 2018 she has been a judge on ""Ireland's Got Talent"" which is in its first season. Van Outen also narrates the ITVBe reality"
"Hart died On October 16, 2016, aged 68, from ovarian cancer, in Westport, Connecticut. Cecilia Hart Cecilia Hart (February 19, 1948 – October 16, 2016), sometimes credited as Ceci Jones, was an American television and stage actress. Hart is best known for her role as Stacey Erickson in the CBS police drama ""Paris"", which originally ran from 1979 until 1980. Hart co-starred with her future husband James Earl Jones in the series. A native of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and the daughter of an Army colonel and his wife, Hart moved to New York City to pursue an acting career. She appeared"
"Ryoko Yonekura Yonekura studied classical ballet for 15 years from the age of five. Represented by the Oscar Promotion agency, she won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993, she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as ""CanCam"". She announced her intention to start her acting career in June 1999. Her acting debut was in the TBS television drama ""Koi no Kamisama"" (God of Love), and has appeared in many dramas ever since. Yonekura played the role of Roxie Hart in the Japanese-language production of Chicago in Tokyo 2008 and in 2010. She"
"2014. She co-wrote five of the songs on the 11-track album, which is described as a mix of contemporary pop with a healthy splash of Latin influence, with songs in both English and Spanish. Bianca Marroquín Bianca Marroquín is a Mexican musical theatre and television actress known as the first Mexican actress to have a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of ""Chicago"". Bianca Marroquín became part of the Mexico City cast of ""Beauty and the Beast"", so she decided to move to Mexico City and start her"
"made her Broadway debut in the musical ""Cats"" in 1983 as Cassandra, where she met her future husband, performer Terrence Mann. She also performed in the role of Chris Hargensen in the ill-fated 1988 musical ""Carrie"". She frequently has played the role of Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"", first heading the 1997 national tour and later joining the Broadway revival cast in 1999. She has appeared in productions of the musical every year since 2001. In 2001, she replaced Karen Ziemba in ""Contact"". In early 2005, d'Amboise replaced Christina Applegate in the Boston leg of the pre-Broadway tour of the revival"
"ITV and attracted good viewing figures for the 3 episodes for its 10:35 pm timeslot. After her success on ""Dancing on Ice"", Shaw joined the West End cast of ""Chicago"". Shaw was originally only due to play the role of Roxie Hart for 6 weeks but due to good reviews and several standing ovations (Daily Mail) her contract was extended until August 2008. Shaw received a nomination for best takeover in the prestigious whatsonstage theatregoers choice awards for her performance of the role. It is rumoured that Shaw was offered the role again on the West End and in a"
"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. The production moved out of the Cambridge Theatre on August 27, 2011 and transferred to the Garrick Theatre on November 7, 2011, starring America Ferrera as Roxie. Robin Cousins joined the cast as Billy Flynn"
"Chicago, he is pulled into a murder investigation together with his new colleague Homer Howard (George Montgomery). As they sit down in a bar having a drink after a long day, Homer starts telling about a case he reported on in 1927 - a murder case involving the young dancer Roxie Hart (Ginger Rogers). Back in 1927, a theatre booking agent, Fred Casely, was murdered, and his body was found in Roxie's apartment. Roxie's husband Amos (George Chandler) is immediately questioned by the police, but Roxie is persuaded to let herself get arrested for the murder, since a woman hardly"