Bebe Neuwirth & Company Will Celebrate 20 Years of CHICAGO in Tony Awards Tribute!
By: Nicole Rosky Jun. 10, 2016
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CHICAGO, Broadway's longest running American musical, celebrates its 20th anniversary year in 2016 and that means the show will be spotlighted at this Sunday's Tony Awards!
Just finished rehearsing our @ChicagoMusical tribute for @TheTonyAwards. Longest running American musical in B'way history! ??
- Bebe Neuwirth (@BebeNeuwirth) June 10, 2016
No word yet on who will be appearing alongside Neuwirth in the tribute, but tune in for our Dress Rehearsal live blog on Sunday morning to find out!
CHICAGO is now playing on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.; New York, NY). With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics byFred Ebb, Chicago is directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking. The production features set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Ken Billington and sound design by Scott Lehrer. Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago's slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.
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