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2. Chicago (musical) - Wikipedia

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   Chicago. (musical) Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption ...

3. Broadway (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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   Broadway is a major street in Chicago's Lake View, Uptown, and Edgewater community areas on the city's North Side, running from Diversey Parkway (2800 North) to Devon Avenue (6400 North). Originally called Evanston Avenue , the name of the street was changed to Broadway on August 15, 1913, as part of 467 road name changes enacted on that date. [1]

4. List of the longest-running Broadway shows - Wikipedia

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   This is a list of Broadway shows with 1,000 or more performances, sorted by number of performances. Eleven shows currently running on Broadway have at least 1,000 performances: the 1996 revival of Chicago, The Lion King, Wicked, The Book of Mormon, Aladdin, Hamilton, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Hadestown, Moulin Rouge!, Six, and MJ the ...

5. The Color Purple (musical) - Wikipedia

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   The Color Purple is a musical with music and lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray, based on the 1982 novel The Color Purple by Alice Walker and its 1985 film adaptation. The musical follows the journey of Celie, an African American woman in the American South from the early to mid-20th century.

6. Velma Kelly - Wikipedia

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   Veronica. Husband: Charlie. Nationality. American. Residence. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical Chicago. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared in the 1926 play, also called Chicago, who was in-turn inspired by the life of Belva Gaertner .

7. List of Broadway theaters - Wikipedia

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   The oldest Broadway theaters still in use are the Hudson Theatre, Lyceum Theatre, and New Amsterdam Theatre, all opened in 1903, while the most recently constructed theater is the Lyric Theatre, built in 1998. The largest of the Broadway theaters is the 1,933-seat Gershwin Theatre, while the smallest is the 597-seat Hayes Theater.

8. SpongeBob SquarePants (musical) - Wikipedia

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   SpongeBob SquarePants (musical) SpongeBob SquarePants. (musical) SpongeBob SquarePants: The Broadway Musical (originally titled The SpongeBob Musical, later retitled as such for the national tour) is a stage musical, co-conceived and directed by Tina Landau [ 1] with songs by various artists and a book by Kyle Jarrow. [ 2]

9. Roxie Hart - Wikipedia

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   Chicago, a 1927 silent film, with Phyllis Haver playing Roxie. Roxie Hart, a 1942 film starring Ginger Rogers as Roxie. This adaptation is notable for her husband Amos being the real murderer, but Roxie going along with it as a boost to her career. Chicago, the original 1975 Broadway stage musical, featuring Gwen Verdon, [ 3] and its 1996 ...