Chicago, musical

Hightlights of the 69th Ljubljana Festival
20. August 2021
8.30 pm
Congress Square
49 €, 39 €, 29 €

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  • Chicago holds the record as the longest-running musical both on Broadway and in the West End
  • It has been seen by more than 31 million people
  • The characters in the musical are based on real people and their stories
  • The 2002 film starring Renée Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones won six Academy Awards (including Best Picture) and the Golden Globe for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy

Director and choreographer: Mykal Rand
Musical director: Alex Parker
Producer, general manager, casting director: Danielle Tarento
Set designer: Jason Denvir
Costume desinger: James Maciver
Sound designer: Chris Whybrow
Lighting designer: David Howe

Cast:
Roxie Hart: Ceili O’Connor
Velma Kelly: Madalena Alberto
Billy Flynn: Gregory Haney
“Mama” Morton: Johnnie Fiori
Amos Hart: Alastair Brookshaw
Mary Sunshine: Jordan Lee Davies

Ensemble: Aubrianna Majewski, Becky Anderson, Charlie Johnson, Erica-Jayne Alden, Louis Clarke-Clare, Lucy Cowie, Luke Jackson, Luke Fraser Yates, Matthew Sweet, Oliver Ramsdale

Chicago is one of the most successful Broadway musicals of all time and has seen countless revivals and new productions since its premiere at the 46th Street Theatre in 1975. With music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and book by Ebb and John Fosse, Chicago is based on the 1926 play of the same name by the journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins, who took her inspiration from the crime stories she reported on in her newspaper column. The original production was directed and choreographed by Bob Fosse, a famous Broadway choreographer also known for musicals such as Sweet CharityCabaret and All That Jazz. Today’s stagings of the musical are based on the 1996 revival with choreography by Ann Reinking “in the style of Bob Fosse”. The musical is a brilliant spectacle set in the Chicago of the jazz age, a tale full of intrigue, love, deception, betrayal, rivalry and friendship. The two main characters are the naïve Roxie Hart, who wants nothing more than to become a famous dancer, and the established cabaret star Velma Kelly, both of whom find themselves in court accused of murdering their lovers. With the help of cunning lawyer Billy Flynn, they try to escape a death sentence and, between their arrest and the end of the trial perform, numerous entertaining song-and-dance numbers such as “All That Jazz”, “Hot Honey Rag” and “Razzle Dazzle”.

The musical will be performed in English with Slovene surtitles.

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