Great Songs, beautiful women with great voices, a sleazy lawyer, and more keep you entertained at Seattle Musical Theatre’s production of Chicago. If you’ve seen the movie you’ll recognize some of the songs and remember many jail scenes, but there’s a lot of energy and power to the live show that can’t be captured on screen, no matter how nice your personal media setup may be.
The show is full of a great variety of song and dance and includes everything from mellow to frantic and everywhere in between. The cast was great from top to bottom with a couple really strong female leads. And Doug Knoop was perfect as Amos, Mr. Cellophane. On a side note, he was also amazing in SMT’s production of my favorite show ever, The Producers.
Unlike many musicals, the band was front and center on stage, built right into the middle of the set. This plays into the central theme of music (and all that… Jazz) and really livens things up. The music is fun and witty and the show isn’t afraid to transition between scenes with a song or dance when others might think a fade to black would be enough.
From my Fiance who’s seen Chicago live in London: “Chicago is probably on of my favorite shows to watch on stage. SMT’s production’s engergy, dance, and bold style really pops.”
I also can’t end this without mentioning the amazing costumes. I don’t know how everybody managed to change so often but it seemed like every five minutes there was something new to sparkle under the lights.
And of course, Chicage is still running with a buy one get one half off discount for blog readers again. Call the box office and mention the code “Billy Flynn’s Blog Fee”.
November 12 – December 4
Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 2:00pm
Thursday, Dec. 2 at 7:30pm
Disclosure: I was given complementary tickets to the show, my fiance has worked at the theatre, and I know many people involved in the production. However, I still thought it was awesome and I’ll be back for their next production.
Thanks for posting this review. I saw the show and loved it!