Broadway’s captivating play, Chicago, debuted at Denver’s prestigious Buell Theatre on March 20^th and 21^st. Broadway’s interpretation of the hit musical has been transformed into a movie starring Catherine Zeta Jones and Renee Zellweger. However, the musical and the movie presented obvious similarities, but also happened to be drastically different.

Chicago revealed the story based in the 1920s city and was based around the two main murderesses of cell block row, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly. Roxie, a new inmate finds herself in a bind of being guilty but not wanting to be hanged, so she hires infamous lawyer, Billy Flynn. Through a series of encounters with fame, Roxie Hart is the new darling star of the Chicago jail. Velma Kelly, the starlet of the jail who used to be a famous performer before her crime, immediately experiences jealousy and only through many events and downfalls do the stars become hooked into a whirlwind show.

Unlike the movie, the tone of the play is exceptionally funny and ritzy. With witty characters, this musical adds more life and tone to the story than the actual movie did and the main characters added the spunk of today’s humor. Not only does this play include three to four new songs, but the characters include sarcastic humor that originally wasn’t in the movies satirical edition either.

The jazz was louder, the dancers ritzier, and the actors and actresses better. Overall, this play was highly entertaining and made the audience want to get up and join the murderesses in the cell block tango.