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2. Chicago (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse.Set in Chicago in the Jazz Age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported.

3. Chicago (play) - Wikipedia

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   Chicago is a play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins.The play, while fiction, is a satire based on two unrelated 1924 court cases involving two women, Beulah Annan (the inspiration for Roxie Hart) and Belva Gaertner (the inspiration for Velma Kelly), who were both suspected and later acquitted of murder, whom Watkins had covered for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter.

4. Roxie Hart - Wikipedia

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   The play made it to Broadway in 1926 and ran for 172 performances. Gaertner attended the Chicago opening. Its adaptations include: Chicago, a 1927 silent film, with Phyllis Haver playing Roxie; Roxie Hart, a 1942 film starring Ginger Rogers as Roxie. This adaptation is notable for her husband Amos being the real murderer, but Roxie going along ...

5. 25th anniversary tour of 'Chicago' brings 'Razzle Dazzle' to ...

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   What is the musical 'Chicago' about? The longest-running show currently playing on Broadway, "Chicago" is set in the 1920s and inspired by true events.Initially written as a 1926 play by ...

6. List of the longest-running Broadway shows - Wikipedia

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   The current longest-running musical on Broadway is The Phantom of the Opera, which opened in 1988 and played its final performance in 2023. [ 129 ] M denotes a musical and P denotes a straight play .

7. With the musical 'Chicago,' OKC alumnus Katie Frieden ... - AOL

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   An add-on special to OKC Broadway's 2023-24 subscription season, the iconic musical "Chicago" is coming to OKC for the first time in a decade.