On this, the 50th anniversary of the premiere of Chicago, Bob Fosse and Kander & Ebb’s great musical about corruption and celebrity, set in the bad old, good old, days of Chicago’s underworld, here’s a look back to the first production in 1975 at the original Velma and Roxie – Chita Rivera and Gwen Verdon. This clip is introduced by Tommy Tune.
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The Observer music critic Fiona Maddocks rates Death in Venice as her signature opera experience of the year. Read her full rankings here. There is stgill time to add your top 3 to the Slippedisc […]
Stephen Sondheim would have been 95 today and in celebration here’s a little gem. Imelda Staunton performs ‘Losing my mind’ from Follies, recorded live at the National Theatre in 2017 in the production directed by […]
From the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: ‘Year over year, we’re actually up about $750,000 in terms of overall revenue,’ said Melia Tourangeau, the symphony’s CEO, noting that attendance for the holiday concerts in December broke previous records. […]
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