Broadway in Springfield

Experience the longest-running American musical in Broadway history March 13-14 at Sangamon Auditorium. Now in its 20th year on Broadway, Chicago: The Musical has garnered six Tony Awards, two Olivier Awards a Grammy, and thousands of standing ovations from audiences all around the world. The 1975 Broadway musical, with a score by Fred Ebb, choreography by Bob Fosse, and a book penned by both Ebb and Fosse, was inspired by a 1926 play by the same name, written by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about the criminals and crimes she encountered during her work as a journalist. Today, Chicago is widely acclaimed as a beacon of everything that makes Broadway great, such as powerful songs, astonishing dancing and “a universal tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz.” To purchase tickets for Chicago: The Musical, visit http://sangamonauditorium.org or call the Sangamon Auditorium box office at 206-6160.

Chicago: The Musical
Mar 13-14, 7:30pm
Sangamon Auditorium, UIS
1 University Plaza
206-6160
$62+

This article appears in Mar 9-15, 2017.