The global smash-hit stage show Chicago the Musical is coming to Auckland and Christchurch this July and August, in a spectacular new production that brings all the glitz, glamour, and scandal of 1920s Chicago to life like never before.
The brand-new production, directed by Kiwi creative institution Michael Hurst will play at the Bruce Mason Centre from 31 July for a strictly limited season then transfer to the Isaac Theatre Royal for seven performances only, from 20 August.
The fully-professional cast will feature international and New Zealand singers, dancers and actors, telling a universal tale of fame, fortune, and all that jazz, with one showstopping song after another including Razzle Dazzle, Cell Block Tango and All That Jazz; and the most astonishing dancing you’ve ever seen.
Chicago the Musical is a spectacle full of social satire, intrigue, love, betrayal, rivalry and friendship, a pageant of music and dance that adroitly shifts between reality and fantasy, as Roxie Hart’s world moves from prison to the courtroom to the stage.
Producer Ben McDonald says “Chicago the Musical is one of the world’s most popular musicals. Unbelievably sexy, sassy and sensational, this musical thrills and chills, which is why it continues to tour the world after so many years and has been applauded by millions of people. It would be a crime for you to miss it.”
Chicago the Musical was created by the legendary Broadway trio of John Kander (music), Fred Ebb (book/lyrics) and Bob Fosse (co-author, original director and choreographer) in 1975, and was based on a 1926 Broadway play written by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist from the Chicago Tribune who had covered the sensational trials of two women, both of whom were accused of killing their lovers whilst under the influence of drink and jazz.
AUCKLAND
Bruce Mason Centre
From 31 July
Tickets from Ticketmaster
CHRISTCHURCH
Isaac Theatre Royal
From 20 August
Tickets from Ticketek
