"Chicago" now booking to 14 April 2007

"Chicago" now booking to 14 April 2007

Chicago has extended 6 months at Cambridge Theatre - tickets now on sale to 14 April 2007.

The show currently features Jennifer Ellison (Roxie Hart to 12 Aug 2006), Amra-Faye Wright (Velma Kelly), Ian Kelsey (Billy Flynn to 12 Aug); Brenda Edwards (Mama Morton, to 22 July), Victor McGuire (Amos Hart).

Chicago, which opened at the Adelphi Theatre 18 Nov 1997, following previews from 27 Oct 1997, ended its run at the Adelphi theatre on 22 April 2006. It re-opened at the Cambridge Theatre on 28 April 2006.

Chicago, is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. Scenic design is by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting by Ken Billington and sound by Rick Clarke. Musical supervision is by Rob Fisher and musical direction by Gareth Valentine. It is choreographed by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse and directed by Walter Bobbie.

The musical concerns Roxie, a chorus girl who has murdered her lover but manages to get acquitted with the help of sleazy lawyer.