The National Touring Company of


Played at The National Theatre from April 15 through July 5, 1997
CHARLOTTE d'AMBOISE as ROXIE HART
JASMINE GUY as VELMA KELLY
OBBA BABATUNDE as BILLY FLYNN

Lust, Passion, Sex * Getting away with murder * and ALL THAT JAZZ

Lyrcs by Fred Ebb * Music by John Kander
Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse
Original production directed and Choreographed by Bob Fosse
Based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Choreography by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse
Directed by Walter Bobbie

CHICAGO is back . . . With a Vengeance

The Razzle Dazzle of the big trial. . . the transparent motives of big-talking, big-buck lawyers . . . the bribes and lies in the slammer . . . getting away with murder. Sound familiar? It should. CHICAGO, Kander and Ebb's musical vaudeville, embarks on a two-year national tour with its current engagement at the National Theatre.

The musical exploration of love, death, murder and fame, CHICAGO follows "not your usual housewife" Roxie Hart, who gains dubious notoriety when she kills her boyfriend, as she invents her defense, fabricates her story, and manipulates everyone from the jailhouse matron to the bleeding heart journalists and hack reporters.

CHICAGO is a magical evening that fuses all the elements of dynamic, vibrant theater. Featuring well-known songs All That Jazz, Mr. Cellophane, and Razzle Dazzle by the Tony Award-winning team of John Kander and Fred Ebb (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Cabaret) and a sultry book by Ebb and original director and choreographer Bob Fosse, CHICAGO makes getting away with murder sound -- and look -- incredibly sexy.

CHICAGO is directed by Walter Bobbie and is choreographed by Ann Reinking, Fosse's longtime muse, in the original choreographer's unique and sexy dance vocabulary. CHICAGO is produced by Tony Award winners Barry and Fran Weissler and Jujamcyn Theaters.