CHICAGO The Musical will premiere at OPERA OPEN

The musical "CHICAGO" with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse will premiere at the Ancient Theatre on 8 July, 9 pm

A coproduction with  National Musical Theatre
conductor: Igor Bogdanov
director: Boyko Iliev
Soloists, choir and ballet of National Musical Theatre and Orchestra of Opera Plovdiv.

Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal."

The original Broadway production opened in 1975 at the 46th Street Theatre[1] and ran for 936 performances until 1977. Bob Fosse choreographed the original production, and his style is strongly identified with the show. Following a West End debut in 1979 which ran for 600 performances, Chicago was revived on Broadway in 1996, and a year later in the West End.