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                    [Title] => Chicago: Crime, legal shenanigans & wicked fun
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The actress who slithered in, with a sly look, set the tone for the play: “

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1122269 [AuthorName] => Amadís Ma. Guerrero [SectionName] => Entertainment [SectionUrl] => entertainment [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1400797 [Title] => Broadway’s Chicago enthralls with slinky, sardonic show on its opening [Summary] =>

The longest running musical “Chicago” set the stage ablaze for a pulse-racing revival last December 2 at the luxurious theater of Solaire. In a nutshell, murder, treachery and razzle-dazzle jazz was all it took to keep the crowd wildly entertained.

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Are you ready to be mesmerized?

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There is an interesting story behind the new version of the musical Chicago, which begins its Manila stint at the Theatre of the Solaire Resort and Casino on Dec. 3. The first staging of the show was in 1975.

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“Welcome, ladies and gentlemen. You are about to witness a story of murder, greed, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery: All those things we hold near and dear to our hearts.” So begins the sensationally sexy and slick Broadway musical Chicago.

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Movie musicals haven’t been de rigueur since the ’50s and ’60s. Scroll through a database of movie musicals on the net and you’ll see the devolution of the movie form from the grandiose hits of the 3D movie Golden Age to animated films that made all that possible, minus the stringent faculties of the live performer.

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