
Chicago the musical will be gracing the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre stage from June 15-20, 2010 for a total of 8 performances! Ticket King has tickets available for as low as $60.00 each in the balcony section.
Chicago musical tickets will go fast at the Bob Carr Performing Arts Centre, so buy your tickets today!

The musical Chicago is based on a play by the same name from 1926 written by a reporter named Maurine Dallas Watkins. Watkins wrote the play about actual crimes she had reported on. The story follows Velma Kelly, a vaudevillian, and Roxie Hart, who dreams of being famous. Velma kills her husband and sister when she finds them in bed together and goes to jail. Roxie kills murders her lover. The term "celebrity criminal" is what ensues when lawyer Billy Flynn

changes the 'storyline' and gets Velma, and later, Roxie into the newspaper headlines after he "Razzle Dazzle"'s the press and community.
The Broadway rendition of the play opened in 1975, after many years of asking Watkins for the rights to make the play a musical. As Watkins had grown older, she became a born-again Christian and thought the play glamorized the style of living that the play portrays. After Watkins passed away in 1969, the rights were sold to Richard Fryer, Gwen Verdon and Bob Fosse. John Kander wrote t

he music for the Broadway version and Fred Ebb wrote the lyrics.
Ashlee Simpson-Wentz has played Roxie Hart in the London production, and I believe she

reprised her role as Roxie for the Chicago production. In past productions, such names as Jerry Springer and David Hasselhoff have played Billy Flynn.


In 2002, Chicago was made into a major motion picture with a star cast: Renee Zellweger, Richard Gere, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah and John C Reilly. I have never seen the musical, but I have seen the movie, and LOVE IT! The songs are very f

un to listen to, and the story is very intriguing-done in a vaudeville way. I am a huge fan of musicals-so it doesn't surprise me that I liked this movie. The movie is filmed in a old-fashioned movie way, here it's basically like watching it on a stage. I would see Chicago the musical in a heart beat if it came to a city near me! If you're a big fan (or small fan) of musicals, you should definitely put Chicago on your MUST SEE Musical list!

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Razzle Dazzle lyricsBAILIFF(Spoken)Mr. Flynn, his honor is hereBILLY(Spoken)Thank you. Just a moment.You ready?ROXIE(Spoken)Oh Billy, I'm scared.BILLY(Spoken)Roxie, you got nothing to worry about.It's all a circus, kid. A three ring circus.These trials- the wholeworld- all show business.But kid, you're working with a star, the biggest!(Singing)Give 'em the old razzle dazzleRazzle Dazzle 'emGive 'em an act with lots of flash in itAnd the reaction will be passionateGive 'em the old hocus pocusBead and feather 'emHow can they see with sequins in their eyes?
What if your hinges all are rusting?What if, in fact, you're just disgusting?Razzle dazzle 'emAnd they;ll never catch wise!Give 'em the old Razzle DazzleBILLY AND COMPANYRazzle dazzle 'emGive 'em a show that's so splendiferousBILLYRow after row will crow vociferousBILLY AND COMPANYGive 'em the old flim flam flummoxFool and fracture 'emBILLYHow can they hear the truth above the roar?BILLY AND COMPANYThrow 'em a fake and a finagleThey'll never know you're just a bagel,BILLYRazzle dazzle 'emAnd they'll beg you for more!BILLY AND COMPANYGive 'em the old double whammyDaze and dizzy 'emBack since the days of old MethuselahEveryone loves the big bambooz-a-lerGive 'em the old three ring circusStun and stagger 'emWhen you're in trouble, go into your danceThough you are stiffer than a girderThey'll let you get away with murderRazzle dazzle 'emAnd you've got a romanceCOMPANY(The same time as BILLY's)Give 'em the oldRazzle DazzleBILLYGive 'em the old Razzle DazzleRazzle dazzle 'emShow 'em the first rate sorceror you areLong as you keep 'em way off balanceHow can they spot you've got no talentRazzle Dazzle 'emBILLY AND COMPANYRazzle Dazzle 'emRazzle Dazzle 'emAnd they'll make you a star!