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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