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 Chicago Karaoke Accompaniment CD
Chicago 1975 Broadway Cast Recording
Chicago 1996 Broadway Revival Cast Recording
 Chicago Film Version on DVD
 Chicago Sheet Music (Vocal Selections)
Highlights from Chicago (The Musical) - Sheet Music (Digital Download) |
Chicago is loosely based on an actual murder trial that took place there in 1924. While the details of the actual murder are quite different, Chicago accurately depicts the press & public's strange fascination with the trial. The trial inspired Maureen Watkins to write the play on which Chicago is based. Chicago is told in the style of a series of "vaudeville" song-acts that highlight the major players in the drama.
If you are trying to decide on which version of the cast recording to buy, I personally recommend the Broadway Revival version, which stars the incredible Bebe Neuwirth. The original OBC is also extremely popular.
All That Jazz is an extremely overdone audition piece and should be avoided.
Audition Suggestions For Chicago
Some characters in Chicago must have strong dance ability in jazz/tap.
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- Roxie Hart (Mezzo/Alto)
- A meek chorus girl who dreams of being a starring act. Has an affair & kills her lover.
- Amos Hart (Baritone)
- Roxie's unsuspecting husband.
- "Mama" Morton (Low Alto)
- Matron of the Cook County Jail
- Velma Kelly (Alto)
- Another murderess. Sensual, flashy.
- Billy Flynn (Baritone)
- The flashy, wheeler-dealer lawyer who gets Roxy out of jail.
- Mary Sunshine (Contra-Tenor)
- A goody-goody gossip columnist. Originally written for a counter tenor in drag, although it is sometimes played by a woman.
- Small Chorus of female convicts
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