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  2. Chicago (2002 film) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is a 2002 American musical comedy crime film based on the 1975 stage musical of the same name which in turn originated in the 1926 play of the same name. It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. [4] The film stars an ensemble cast led by Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, and ...

  3. Chicago (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the jazz age, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same title by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the ...

  4. Roxie Hart - Wikipedia

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    Roxie Hart, a 1942 film starring Ginger Rogers as Roxie. This adaptation is notable for her husband Amos being the real murderer, but Roxie going along with it as a boost to her career. Chicago, the original 1975 Broadway stage musical, featuring Gwen Verdon, [3] and its 1996 revival, which starred Ann Reinking.

  5. Billy Flynn (Chicago) - Wikipedia

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    Flynn is a composite character based on real-life Chicago attorneys of the era, William Scott Stewart and W. W. O'Brien. In the musical adaptation, his style is based upon Ted Lewis. Portrayals. Edward Ellis in the 1926 Broadway play; Robert Edeson in the 1927 film; Adolphe Menjou in the 1942 film Roxie Hart; Jerry Orbach in the 1975 Broadway ...

  6. List of musical films by year - Wikipedia

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    Alvin and the Chipmunks. Atlantis SquarePantis (animated television film) August Rush. Barbie as the Island Princess (animated direct-to-video) Christmas Is Here Again (animated direct-to-video) Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (animated direct-to-video) Colma: The Musical. Crazy. Enchanted.

  7. Wicked (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Wicked is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Winnie Holzman.It is a loose adaptation of the 1995 Gregory Maguire novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, which is in turn based on L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and its 1939 film adaptation.

  8. Velma Kelly - Wikipedia

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    Veronica. Husband: Charlie. Nationality. American. Residence. Chicago, Illinois, United States. Velma Kelly is one of the main characters in the successful 1975 Broadway musical Chicago. Kelly is based on the character "Velma", who first appeared in the 1926 play, also called Chicago, who was in-turn inspired by the life of Belva Gaertner .

  9. Grease (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Grease is a musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey.Named after the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as greasers and set in 1959 at the fictional Rydell High School in Northwest Chicago (based on Taft High School in Chicago, Illinois, and named after rock singer Bobby Rydell), the musical follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate ...