Opened on 24 Apr 1889, funded by W.S. Gilbert. 675 seats. Bought from Andrew Lloyd Webber and now owned by Broadway producer Max Weitzenhoffer and Nica Burns.Society of London Theatre member.
London’s longest running revival, Chicago the Musical opened in London in November 1997 and played at the Adelphi Theatre for 9 years until transferring to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006 and now to the Garrick Theatre.
Bob Fosse choreographed the original production and his style is strongly identified with the show. The 1996 Chicago Broadway revival also holds the record for the longest-running musical revival.
Chicago the Musical is the kiss-and-tell story of ambitious chorus girl Roxie Hart who is in prison for murdering her lover and trying to pin it on her hapless husband Amos. Here she meets Velma Kelly, the glamorous double-murderer. Desperate for fame, fortune and freedom, the women enlist the help of slick and manipulative lawyer Billy Flynn. Both women will be hanged for their crimes if they lose their cases and are prepared to go to any lengths to escape execution.
Chicago the MusicalVery topical in our celebrity-seeking times, Chicago in London also provides some of the most sensational roles in all musical theatre with songs including All That Jazz, Razzle Dazzle, Class and All I Care About.
The cast iof the reopening of Chicago the Musicla atthe Garrick includes Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner America Ferrera, star of Ugly Betty as Roxie Hart, Darius Campbell (formerly Danesh as Bully Flynn, Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, James Doherty as Amos Hart, Jasna Ivir as Mama Morton and R. Whitehead as Mary Sunshine.
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