Sarah Parker

In the spring of 1975, Chicago premiered on Broadway. Directed and choreographed by the legendary Bob Fosse, with music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, it razzle-dazzled audiences in a counterintuitive way: by emphasizing sophisticated­ style over flashy production elements. The musical returned to Broadway in 1996, after Ann Reinking re-created Fosse’s choreography for a short-run Encores! production at New York City Center. The revival, at the Ambassador Theatre, is now the longest-running show currently on Broadway, and second in history to only The Phantom of the Opera.