Chicago – Cast Update Oct 2022

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 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.

PLAYING AT AMBASSADOR THEATRE NYC

Ambassador Theatre

The Ambassador opened in 1921 and can seat 1,088 customers at a time. Designed by the Shubert’s prime architect, Herbert Knapp, this building presented a unique challenge. Since the plot of land at 215 W 49th St was too narrow for a conventional theatre design, Knapp placed the auditorium diagonally. This means that the stage has little wing space and an unusual hexagonal shape.

Chicago – Cast Update Oct 2022

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