Winner of SIX 1997 Tony Awards

Including Best Musical Revival

RETURNS to the Windy City for a

LIMITED ENGAGEMENT

February 24 – March 1, 2009

Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre

Now celebrating ten glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour across the country, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is BACK IN TOWN and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT!   Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return of CHICAGO The Musical for a limited run February 24 – March 1, 2009 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 W. Randolph St.).  Group tickets are currently available by calling (312) 977-1710. 

Murder. Greed. Corruption. Violence. Exploitation. Adultery. Treachery. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.

With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, CHICAGO is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.