Mr. Cellophane by lazarus57

lazarus57 - Mr. Cellophane

lazarus57

May 06, 2025 10:48am

STAGE/ FILM/ TV VENUE - ROUND 2<img src="https://singsnap-cdn.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com/message-board/threads/BZT0/dd52e0d38d_ZG9X_media.jpg"> Round 2. Sing a song thats from a stage/musical(your choice) Chicago is a 1975 American musical with music by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kander" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">John Kander</a>, lyrics by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred_Ebb" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Fred Ebb</a>, and book by Ebb and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Fosse" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Bob Fosse</a>. Set in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Chicago</a> in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz_Age" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Jazz Age</a>, the musical is based on a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(play)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">1926 play</a> of the same title by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurine_Dallas_Watkins" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Maurine Dallas Watkins</a> about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal".The world premiere of the musical was a Broadway tryout from April 8, 1975, to May 3, 1975, at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forrest_Theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Forrest Theatre</a> in Philadelphia.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[1]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[2]</a> The original <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Broadway</a> production opened on June 3, 1975 at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/46th_Street_Theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">46th Street Theatre</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-ChitaRivera.com-3" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[3]</a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[4]</a> and ran for 936 performances, until August 27, 1977.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-5" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[5]</a> Fosse directed and choreographed the original production, and his style is strongly identified with the show. It debuted in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_End_theatre" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">West End</a> in 1979, where it ran for 600 performances. Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, and a year later in the West End.The 1996 Broadway production holds the record as the longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. It is the second <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_longest-running_Broadway_shows" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">longest-running show ever to run on Broadway</a>, behind only <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera_(1986_musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">The Phantom of the Opera</a>. Chicago surpassed <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_(musical)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Cats</a> on November 23, 2014, when it played its 7,486th performance.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(musical)#cite_note-6" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">[6]</a> The West End revival became the longest-running American musical in West End history. The ongoing 1996 revival of Chicago is the longest-running show currently on Broadway. Chicago has been staged in numerous productions around the world, and has toured extensively in the United States and United Kingdom. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chicago_(2002_film)" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">2002 film adaptation</a> of the musical won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(51, 102, 204);">Academy Award for Best Picture</a>.<img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9b/Chicago_original_poster_art.jpg/250px-Chicago_original_poster_art.jpg"> <ul><li>"Mister Cellophane" – Amos Hart</li></ul>Amos Hart Roxie's faithful and good-natured but simple husband whom nobody pays attention to. He spends most of the show trying to make Roxie take interest in him or even just acknowledge his existence <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/17/07/7e/17077e7acb4da4dbe5ac36e84bfcbe58.jpg" alt="Mister Cellophane - Chicago (9/12) Movie CLIP (2002) HD so lovable John ..."> <img src="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/60/97/5a/60975a8c88669f82b3455aadf02f1d31.jpg" alt="Chicago. Mr. Cellophane. | Chicago musical, Chicago lyrics, Chicago quotes">