JUNE 20-25 , 2006

Come on, babe – experience it live and in person! The one, the only CHICAGO.

“Chicago has no peer on Broadway in matters of wit, style and sheer musical riches.”
Charles Isherwood, Variety

It’s Broadway’s most popular musical – a razzle dazzle tale of sin and celebrity. And now, you can see it LIVE. The recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations, CHICAGO is the sensation that just
keeps getting bigger and bigger.


It’s Broadway’s most popular musical – a razzle dazzle tale of sin and celebrity. CHICAGO is the recipient of six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. And now, you can see it LIVE, with all the hit songs like “When You’re Good To Mama” and “Cell Block Tango (He Had It Comin’).”

CHICAGO tells the story of chorus girl Roxie Hart's cold-blooded murder of her playboy boyfriend. Roxie convinces her husband Amos that the victim was a burglar, and he cheerfully takes the rap.

Roxie expresses her appreciation to Amos until the police find evidence that Roxie knew the burglar, shall we say, intimately. Amos decides to let her swing for herself. Roxie's first taste of the criminal justice system is the women's block in Cook County Jail, inhabited by Velma and other merry murderesses. The women's jail is presided over by Matron "Mama" Morton whose system of mutual aid perfectly suits her clientele. She has helped Velma become the media's top murderer-of-the-week and is acting as booking agent for Velma's big return to vaudeville (after her acquittal, naturally).

Velma is not happy to see Roxie, who is stealing not only her limelight but her lawyer, Billy Flynn. Adored by his all-girl clientele, Billy sings his anthem, complete with a chorus of fan-dancers to prove that “All I Care About Is Love.” Billy takes Roxie's case and re-arranges her story to make her more sympathetic to tabloid columnist Mary Sunshine. Roxie's press conference turns into a ventriloquist act with Billy inventing a new version of the truth while Roxie mouths the words.

Roxie becomes the new toast of Chicago and Velma's headlines, trial date and career take a back seat. Velma tries to talk Roxie into creating a sister act but Roxie turns her down, only to find her own headlines replaced by the latest sordid crime of passion. Velma cannot believe Roxie's continual run of luck and appeals to Billy with some new publicity plans. Billy's forte may be showmanship, but when he passes all Velma's ideas on to Roxie, Mama and Velma commiserate and scheme.

As promised, Billy gets Roxie her acquittal but, just as the verdict is given, a more sensational crime pulls the pack of press bloodhounds away, and Roxie's fleeting celebrity is over. Left in the dust, she pulls herself up and extols the joys of freedom. Roxie and Velma realize that ultimately they have to take care of themselves and they team up in a very successful sister act.