About Chicago

There is no better way to boast around your friends than to have Chicago tickets under your belt. It is a sure shot way to have doses of awe from those around you, and why not? It is a Broadway musical that has become a cult when it comes to examine the Chicago of the prohibition era. It is a crisp and witty satire on the entire system that was rotten with corruption to the deepest level. Based on a 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins and talks of the real life crimes and their executioner of the times she was reporting on.

 The concept of the ‘celebrity criminal’ is beautifully explored by the musical that did raise some eyebrows at its time due to the profane language in it but as time progressed, it was perfectly understood that the essence of understanding the lives of the criminals lay in the grasping of their language as well. Chicago The Musical Tickets will ensure an experience that will open your eyes to some of the things that were simply overlooked by us previously.

 The story starts with the demure Velma Kelly killing her sister and husband for committing adultery and that too on her very bed. Her welcoming of the audience with the opening score, ‘All That Jazz’ is one of those legendary tracks that make men swoon even today.

 Chicago The Musical tickets will get you the feel of vaudeville times  as many of that times acts are recreated on the stage where one catches the duo of Velma and Roxie trying to do the other down with their constant love for the limelight. They try to outdo each other, vying for the spotlight in the process.

The two of them have the same lawyer who in the end, favors Roxie, who too had murdered her lover in cold blood and fooled her husband too. She manages to momentarily hog the limelight as Velma fades away in the end only to be done in by fate. The Press that she had been trying to woo from the very beginning of her career ditches her for another bigger scoop and her dreams of stardom are shattered forever, just like Velma. Both realize the need to stick together as sisters and are reconciled in the final act.

 All in all, Chicago the musical tickets will get you the insights in the crimes of Chicago and how the insatiable thirst for the celebrity status turns the most talented of the lot into criminals.