The run closed August 27, 1977
- Opened
- June 3, 1975
- Closed
- August 27, 1977
- Performances
- 936
- Previews
- —
- Theatre
- Richard Rodgers Theatre
Of the 589 productions we hold that opened in the 1970s and record a performance count, this is the 24th longest. That is a rank within what we hold, not within everything that was staged.
Other stagings of Chicago 2 more that season
| 1926 | Music Box Theatre Original · George Abbott | 172 perf. |
| 1996 | Richard Rodgers Theatre Revival · Walter Bobbie | 9,999 perf. |
Who was in it43 named
Candy Brown
Cheryl Clark
Gene Foote
Gary Gendell
Michon Peacock
Charlene Ryan
Ron Schwinn
Paul Solen
Pamela Sousa
Monica Tiller
Georgia Creighton
P J Marinos
Alaina Reed
David Rounds
Mace Barrett
Joan Bell
Jeremy Blanton
Sandra Brewer
Karen G Burke
Carla Farnsworth
Fern Fitzgerald
Laurent Giroux
David Kottke
Debra Lyman
Ross Miles
Sally Neal
Gena Ramsel
Candace Tovar
Jerry Yoder
14 of these 43 names have a person record behind them and link to one. The other 29 are set from the identifier in the cast list, which is a slug of the name — so hyphens and full stops are lost and a few come out wrong. We hold nothing else about them. Nobody here is matched to a character: the cast list records who was in the company and not what they played.
Characters6 roles recorded
Gwen Verdon Roxie Hart
Chita Rivera Velma Kelly
Jerry Orbach Billy Flynn
Barney Martin Amos Hart
Mary McCarty Matron "Mama" Morton
Michael O'Haughey (credited as "M. O'Haughey") Mary Sunshine
Only 512 of 13,459 productions carry role names, and these came out of a wiki table — the names arrived with the table's own cell markup on them and have been stripped back. They are not linked to person records because the identifiers in that table do not resolve to ours.
Creative team
A producer is one string on this record, however many people or companies it names. Directors and choreographers are held both as text and as identifiers; where an identifier exists the name links to a page.
Tony Awards 0 from 1 nomination
| Best Musical | Nominated |
Around this production
The original production won zero Tonys from 11 nominations. The 1996 revival became the longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
- The most celebrated American operetta of the 19th century, Robin Hood was produced by a touring company that first presented it in Chicago in June 1890. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 17
- Sop, after Chicago’s Broadway opening, Miss Verdon was temporarily replaced by Liza Minneli because of illness; during the run she was succeeded by Ann Reinking. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 237
- An extension of Bob Fosse’s previous work in Pippin and Chicago — plus Michael Bennett’s in A Chorus Line — Dancin’ represented the final triumph of the Broadway choreographer by doing away with practically everything else but. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 242
- With the arrival of Fosse , three simultaneous productions on Broadway were devoted to the work of Bob Fosse; the other two were the revivals of Chicago and Cabaret. Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 302
- It previewed in Chicago before it came to Broadway Broadway Musicals Show By Show Seventh Edition Stanley Green Cary Ginell, p. 304
Passages naming this production, found by keyword across 178 books. Where it turns up in the literature, not curated notes about it.
What this page does not know
- No photograph of this staging. 48 of 13,459 productions hold one.
- No recording is held for Chicago at all.
- Reviews, box office, running order, understudies and designers: none of it is held for any production.