STAGE TUBE: On This Day for 8/27/16- CHICAGO
Today in 1977, Chicago closed at the 46th Street Theatre now the Richard Rodgers 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. Chicago's 1996 Broadway revival holds the record for the longest-running musical revival on Broadway and is its fourth longest-running show.