STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 6/3/16- CHICAGO
Today in 1975, Chicago opened at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rogers Theatre, where it ran for 936 performances. Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago, with music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the 'celebrity criminal'. The original cast starred Chita Ri…