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re: ''Chicago'' cuts

Posted by:	Chazwaza 01:44 pm EDT 08/15/14
In reply to:	re: ''Chicago'' cuts - WaymanWong 12:39 pm EDT 08/15/14

But the revival of Chicago was a long-running hit well before the movie came out... it had been running for SIX years straight by the time that happened. I have no doubt that the success of the movie helped it run for another 12 years... an impossible thing for most shows with or without a successful movie. I think in this case, because of the particulars of the show - the dancing especially, and the sexiness, and audiences knowing they like it or that it'll be worth seeing already going in - audience feel safe buying a ticket, so it has become a perennial hit. And it's so different from Phantom and Les Miz, so so different, that it's actually not a surprise that it became an institution. It's the kind of show many people now think of when they think of "Broadway", and there are very very few shows that fit the bill in the same way, especially running or soon to be running in nyc. So again, the movie I'm sure helped quite a bit... but I'm willing to bet the show would have run another 4 years at least without the movie.

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