Chicago
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Chicago by John Kander
Premiering in 1975 and the hit of the 1997 Broadway season in a production that originated at City Center's Encore! series Chicago won six Tony Awards including Best Revival and later the Academy Award as Best Picture of the Year.In roaring twenties Chicago chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row Roxie and another "Merry Murderess" VelmaThe late, great Charles Shurtleff graduated from the Yale University School of Drama, where he earned his Master of Fine Arts degree. Then, he started work in the theater as a casting director and production assistant for William Hammerstein in 1957 through 1960, working on musicals for the New York City Center. Shurtleff served on Broadway as casting director on David Merrick Productions including Gypsy (1959), Irma La Douce, A Taste of Honey, Becket, and Do Re Me (1960), Carnival! (1961), Stop the World I Want to Get Off (1962), Oliver! (1963), 1776 (1969), Jesus Christ, Superstar (1971), Pippin (1972), and Chicago (1975).
In addition to casting the films All the Way Home (1963), The Sound of Music (1965), The Sand Pebbles (1966), and the film version of Jesus Christ, Superstar (1973), Shurtleff wrote screenplays and directed Call Me by My Rightful Name (stage 1963, film 1973). He also cast the critically acclaimed television series starring George C. Scott and Cicely Tyson, East Side/West Side (1963), and the brilliant casting of Dustin Hoffman as the lead in the film The Graduate (1975).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780573700521 |
| ISBN 10 | 0573700524 |
| Title | Chicago |
| Author | John Kander |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Samuel French Ltd |
| Year published | 2014-08-27 |
| Number of pages | 92 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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