Chicago “All That Jazz”

Bob Fosse, director and choreographer of Chicago Director, Choreographer (1927–1987) Bob Fosse dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SkYdsvgOpw The Little Prince, “Snake in the Grass” (1974): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXonK8EBqmk + Billie Jean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUlEBhGgEe0 Became a director because he was tired of his choreography being rejected as too suggestive Survived a heart attack while rehearsing Chicago, and later wrote autobiographical film, All That Jazz.

Chicago 2002 Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EpaMmF9WVU 1975 original production based on a 1926 play of same name Play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a reporter in Chicago in the 1920s. At this time in Chicago, a series of women convicted of murder were found not guilty, and became celebrities in the media during the course of their trials. Main characters based on two real-life women tried for murder in Chicago, both acquitted. Beulah Annan - inspiration for Roxy Hart Belva Gaertner - inspiration for Velma Kelly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00oBK-x1pVk 1996 revival production is second longest-running show in Broadway history, after Phantom of the Opera. Each musical number was created as a tribute to either a traditional vaudeville musical number, or vaudeville performer. The show compares different elements of society in the real world with show business, such as in the song “Razzle Dazzle” Compares the “show” put on in a courtroom for the judge and jury to a glitzy stage performance.