"Chicago" presented at Bass Hall

CHICAGO
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The touring show of "Chicago" recently made a stop at Bass Hall.  The Travelling Toe has seen this musical several times, as well as the award winning movie, and could not pass up seeing it yet again.  The story and music never get old.

"Chicago" was first performed on June 3, 1975.  Fred Ebb and John Lander wrote the music and lyrics for the musical.  The renowned choreographer Bob Fosse, created the dance numbers.

Fred Ebb - lyrist
192 -2004

John Kander - composer
1927-

Bob Fosse - choreographer
1927-1987

The action takes place in 1920's Chicago, during the Jazz Age.  Velma Kelly, who works in vaudeville, murdered her husband and her sister....after all they deserved it as they were in bed together. Well, what else was a girl to do???  Velma is arrested and thrown into jail.  Then along comes Roxie Hart, married to a boring mechanic, Amos Hart, and dating a nightclub hustler.  When she finds him cheating on her...bam, bam...he's dead!  So Roxie is thrown into jail too. There Velma and Roxie make the acquaintance of the jail matron, "Mama" Morton.  As she tells it to the girls, "if you are good to Mama, Mama is good to you".  Both Velma and Roxie try to get hot-shot attorney Billy Flynn to take their cases. As Billy says about the newspapers and jurors, "give'em the old Razzle Dazzle".

Once again this fun and entertaining musical continues to capture all the excitement of the Roaring 20's before the Big Crash!

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