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...Roxie Hart (Samantha G. Barnard ’09), a vaudeville wannabe who murders her lover after he walks out on her. Sent to jail, she quickly discovers that she can win both freedom and fame by playing off of the sympathy of the scandal-loving city of Chicago. Meanwhile, fellow jailbird and vaudeville legend Velma Kelly (Anna Haas) jealously tries to win back the spotlight as the year’s most sensational murderess...
...Chicago: A Musical Vaudeville” is definitely an entertaining treat and a fairly successful artistic endeavor. It has the right materials, creative ideas, and talented people. It is good, but it has not quite made the most of “all that jazz...
More than a thousand supporters of Mass. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Deval L. Patrick ’78 flooded Faneuil Hall Saturday afternoon to hear the 49-year-old Chicago-native lay out his vision for the Bay State. But in a race that is rapidly becoming a fight for the middle ground, the Patrick campaign is financially lagging behind its primary opponent. Patrick urged his supporters to intensify their fund raising efforts and resist partisan labels. The 90-minute event, largely a celebration of Patrick’s vision and experience, challenged the grassroots campaign to bring more people...
...Name for the Act (Meat and Potatoes).” It encompassed a lengthy and impassioned argument, several sexual puns, and three musical numbers (one “West Side Story” medley, one takeoff on “All That Jazz” from “Chicago,” and one on “Chicago’s” “Cell Block Tango”)—yet the only words spoken were, as the scene title insinuates, “meat and potatoes,” endlessly repeated. At first...
...would have sex with men ("tricks") at a specific block ("the track") and hand over all the money she made ("break bread"), and the pimp would pay her rent, buy her clothes and bail her out of jail if she got caught. Court documents in other cities like Chicago and Atlanta reveal a similar practice...