Check Out These Razzle Dazzle Chicago The Musical Facts

Start the car, I know a whoopee spot!
Join Roxie Hart and her merry murderesses as they battle for fame and freedom in this satirical look at the world of celebrity and justice. Set in the roaring twenties, Chicago has everything you want from a musical - sex, murder, and good old Razzle Dazzle that has you intoxicated from start to finish.
Chicago is now on a UK Tour, but get to know the show before you book your tickets!

Fun Facts About Chicago
1. Did Someone Say All That Jazz?'
All That Jazz' has been sung (or spoken) more than 715,000 times in 13 different languages. That's a lot of jazz hands.
2. It's a Killer Show
Literally. The musical is all about murder, fame, and jazz. But did you know it's based on real events? The story comes from a 1920s reporter named Maurine Dallas Watkins, who covered real-life female murderers in Chicago. The courtroom drama may be straight from the headlines, but the sass was born on Broadway.
3. Longest-Running American Musical on Broadway
Move over, Cats. Chicago is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It opened in 1996 as a revival and is still shimmying along today proof that murder, media scandals, and fishnet stockings never go out of style.
4. The Original Roxie Was a Hollywood Legend
When Chicago first opened in 1975, the iconic Roxie Hart was played by Gwen Verdon Broadway royalty and wife/muse of choreographer Bob Fosse. You can thank her for that signature Fosse hip swivel.
5. Star-Studded Jailhouse
Over the years, Chicago has become the show for celebs to try their hand at Broadway. Everyone from Pamela Anderson to Ashlee Simpson to Brandy has donned the fishnets. Even Usher played suave lawyer Billy Flynn.
6. Cell Block Tango Is The Ultimate Breakup Anthem
"Pop, Six, Squish, Uh-Uh, Cicero, Lipschitz" if you know, you know. The Cell Block Tango is basically a sassy confession booth for murderesses, and somehow still manages to make audiences root for them. Iconic behaviour.
7. From Stage to Oscar Gold
The 2002 movie adaptation of Chicago, starring Rene Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and Richard Gere, snagged SIX Academy Awards, including Best Picture. As it goes, razzle-dazzle works in Hollywood too.
8. Bob Fosse Fingerprints All Over It
Even though the revival is stripped-down and sleek, the show oozes Fosse's signature style: tilted hats, sharp angles, and those seductive little shoulder rolls. If your elbows aren't bent at weird angles, are you even seeing the right show?
