SMT Performance
of
Chicago
Book by Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Based on the play Chicago by Maurine Dallas Watkins
Performed July 24 - August 10, 2003 at SMT Downtown
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SMT Promotion
LaVon Fisher will be Mama in Seaside Music Theater's production of "Chicago." (Photo: News-Journal/Bob Pesce) |
Liz George (Velma) and Susie Roelofsz (Roxie) from Seaside Music Theater's production "Chicago." (Photo: News-Journal/Bob Pesce)
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CREATIVE TEAM
Gary Flannery, Director/Choreographer
Terry Tichenor, Musical Director
Mark Harborth, Artistic Associate
Allen Cornell, Scenic Designer
Suzette Pare, Costumer Designer
Annmarie Duggan, Lighting Designer
Jason Hoffman, Sound Designer
Liz George, Assistant Choreographer
Frank Ramirez*, Production Stage Manager
Jerry Lapidus, Company Manager
Tippen Davidson, Producer
Julia Truilo, Managing Director
Presented through special arrangement with
and all authorized performance materials are supplied
by Samuel French, Inc., 45 West 25th Street, New York, NY 10010
Roxie Hart:
You're, THE Velma Kelly. I was there the night you got arrested.
Velma Kelly:
Yeah? You and half of Chicago. |
CAST
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Liz George - Velma Kelly
Susie Roelofsz* - Roxie Hart
Matt Semrick - Fred Casely
Patrick O'Herron - Sergeant Fogart/Juror
Gary Cadwallader* - Amos Hart
Rachel Bennett - Liz
Lindsay Hand - Annie
Jaclyn Minerva - June
Judy Cornell* - Hunyak
Kiira Schmidt - Mona |
LaVon Fisher* - Matron "Mama" Morton
Ayal Miodovnik* - Billy Flynn
Sean Campos - Mary Sunshine
Karen Koscoe - Go-To-Hell-Kitty
Adam Perry - Harry
Mark Fisher - Aaron/Master of Ceremonies
Walter David Shepherd - The Judge/Tap Dancer
Matthew Napoli - Court Clerk/Baby
Christian Mansfield - Martin Harrison |
| *Members of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. |
Billy Flynn:
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but if Jesus Christ lived in Chicago today, and he had come to me and he had five thousand dollars, let's just say things would have turned out differently. |
SYNOPSIS
Murderesses Velma Kelly (who blanked out and killed her cheating husband) and Roxie Hart (who killed her boyfriend in a jealous rage) strive for fame at any cost including scandal and lies in 1920s Chicago.
TAGLINE
Her name is Roxie Hart. She will handcuff you to your seat and steal your heart the moment you hear her sweet voice, that is unless Vaudevillian Vixen, Velma Kelly steals you first. With the help of "razzle-dazzle" lawyer, Billy Flynn, the girls are catapulted to stardom. Seducing you with all the glitz and glamour, this song & dance cast sparkles like the Windy City itself. But beware; this is a story of murder, greed, corruption, exploitation, adultery and treachery - all those things we hold near and dear to our hearts.
DID YOU KNOW?
In 1976 there were 11 nominations for Tony Awards for the original production of CHICAGO. Original opened June 3, 1975, the revival opened November 14, 1996, and the London revival ppened November 17, 1997.
ﾑChicagoﾒ VIDEO/DVD
Rob Marshall directed Ren￩e Zellweger as Roxie Hart in 2002, also starring Catherine Zeta-Jones (Velma Kelly) and Richard Gere (Billy Flynn).
