The plot of Chicago The Musical deals with murder and show business, with the main characters finding themselves in the spotlight for all the wrong reasons while seeking fame at any cost. At the beginning of the show we get aquainted with Roxie Hart, a girl who always wanted her time in the limelight but receives it in a rather unenviable way as she is thrown in prison for the murder of her husband. Once inside she meets a Vaudevillian performer in the form of Velma Kelly, who killed her own sister after discovering her affair with her husband. The pair form a friendship behind bars and are both eager to become big stars and they realise that they are going to have to make a bid for freedom, so they enlist the help of sleazy lawyer Billy Flynn and set out to make a big impression.
Throughout Chicago, audiences are 'wowed' by musical numbers including "Razzle Dazzle", "All That Jazz","Me And My Baby", "A Tap Dance" and "Funny Honey", to name but a few. They are classic musical numbers that are likely to stay in your mind for some time and amplify the proceedings so that the world of prohibition era Chicago truly comes to life.
Chicago is a story that has survived the test of time and is the longest running American musical ever to run in London, being witnessed by several generations over the years since opening in its current form in the West End in 1997, housed at the Adelphi Theatre before it transferred to its current home of the Cambridge Theatre in 2006. Before its transfer it managed to break records for the theatre, playing for more than 3,000 performances and proving that the show, which has been seen in one form or another for more than 80 years, can still pull in the crowds.
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