[Broadway Friday] Chicago
Show: Chicago
Type: Broadway Musical
Welcome to another Friday!
And we all know what that means, right?
BROADWAY FRIDAY!
This week’s spotlight is shiningly brightly down on Chicago, and that’s a show that’s hard to forget.
Murder!
Lust!
News!
Lights and…… ACTION!
The story’s setting is in the mid 1920’s, and it’s has a thrill to it. Even the style of the setting is something like I have never seen before – And believe me, I’ve been to even enough high school plays AND Broadway shows to know what I’m talking about! The setting of the entire story takes place in a club and, unlike how a show is typically expected, the backgrounds don’t change. And I mean at all.
The setting is just consisted of literally the orchestra, which the instruments have been chosen out specifically to fit a jazz club. What’s even more astonishing is that whereas the orchestra for Broadway musicals would typically be seated in what’s typically known as the Orchestra Pit, which is located literally just at the foot of the stage, the orchestra for Chicago show is located literally on top of the stage! And how they sit on the stage is set up just the way a jazz orchestra in the clubs would be set up.
To make it even more interesting, the conductor actually takes up a role in the show as well for they actually interact with the characters on and off throughout the entire show. They are even given a few lines to say to the audience as well, and how the conductor interacts with the characters are, to say the least, pretty humorous.
Now, how is murder and news involved in all this? There has been a murder of a man, and it just so happens that it’s the very man that Roxie Hart was having an affair with behind her husband’s back. And when the news crews all come pouring into the club, her husband, who just so happens to be the club owner, is eager to take the blame for Roxie. And all because she has asked him to because of his thick head.
There are even some girls lined up to talk one at a time, interrogation style, and it even gets to the point where Roxie becomes so famous because of this one murder incident that a woman named Velma gets overly jealous. The envy gets to the point where she begins to plot what to do to take back her spot light and away from Roxie once more to leave the chorus girl in the background and forgotten.
This show is not suitable for kids due to language and how the characters are dressed, so if you’re planning on bringing your kids to watch the show, please be considerate of how inappropriate the show may be. Especially since it’s more adult themed show.
The show is performed in Ambassador Theater, located on the 49th Street between Broadway and 8th Avenue.
Go enjoy yourself a good show on love, murder, and some scandal!
