Seldom has the world come across the artistry of true champions, as it is the case with the performers of Chicago. You must get your Chicago the musical tickets as soon as possible as they are the hottest property in the Broadway circuit. The entire feel of the live stage and the energy of the performers that is filtered through to the audience, one can’t help but think why he/she had been spending time in the miniscule black boxes theaters.
The spotlight, in a cavernous venue or a hall, inspires a trance like hush over the entire audience sets the tempo of the entire performance, even before the first line is uttered. ‘Chicago’, an act that is synonymous with zeal as it is with scandal, erupts with the legendary number that has set a thousand hearts aflutter, ‘All That Jazz’ sets my soul on fire too.
There is nothing that you can criticize in the performance, as it is full of sexy girls and boys, of the most tempting and naughty kinds. It is surely a ‘Good Time’ every week as the Broadway opens its hearts and arms for one of the most remembered tales of its times, the prohibition era Chicago. It brings forth the tale of scandal and corruption in the ‘celebrity criminal’ seeking paparazzi of the 20s Chicago. It is a timeless piece of art to say the least, as many of the story’s wider connotations are still valid for the understanding of the public.
The soundtrack is simply marvelous, as the orchestra is well proportionately comprised.
John O’Hurley is just more than the vague celebrity to the show as he gives an inspiring voice to the part of the wily and self-gratifying lawyer, Billy Flynn. Terra C. MacLeod and Charlotte d’Amboise had made a terrific duo as Roxie and Velma, the original team of treacherous tramps who deliver moments of individual excellence and those are iced with some of the most dazzling duets as well.
The corruption of the times is quite visible when you watch the show live with your Chicago the musical tickets and be rest assured, you will come out a richer person with all the beautiful sights and sounds that you’ll come across in the course of the execution of poetry on stage in the form of the legendary Broadway musical. In the words of the wily lawyer Billy Flynn: “This trial… the whole world… it’s all… show business”. And its show time folks!