Chicago Will Blow Your Mind

I have never seen the play Chicago, but have always wanted to and hopefully someday will. I've seen the movie (which I loved) so I obviously know the whole summary of it. It is a very dark, fosse production that makes you sit on the edge of your seat wondering what is going to happen next. While I have never seen the play, I have performed different numbers from it for high school theater competitions. I absolutely love the type of dance in this play. Fosse is unlike anything else. It is very rigid while also being sexy. It's very hard to describe, but you should take a look. Chicago is very easy to sing (and dance) along to. With songs like "All That Jazz", "When You're Good to Mama", and "We Both Reached for the Gun" there's always something to look forward to. After reading a review, I got a real inside look into what caused such a spark with revival of Chicago compared to it's not so praised about first production.

"the original production had the misfortune to appear in the wake of
Watergate and Vietnam when dark and cynical were out of vogue. “Chicago” also
appeared the same year as “A Chorus Line,” a more upbeat and optimistic dance
show that ultimately had far more appeal for critics and audiences"

"What spawned the revival of “Chicago” in the mid-1990s was former football star O.J. Simpson going on trial for the murder of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman. After assembling a “Dream Team” of celebrity lawyers, Simpson was ultimately acquitted of murder charges and parallels between Simpson’s circus-like criminal trial and the characters in “Chicago” were immediately drawn by entertainment pundits and became the catalyst for the “Encore!” revival. Even today and despite the fact that “Chicago” is based on actual events from the 1920s, the memory of the O.J. trial—and other celebrity trials since, including Phil Spector and R. Kelly—keeps “Chicago” plausible and entertaining."