Original title: Tianjin Music Festival will welcome a blockbuster performance (introduction)

Broadway musical Chicago came to Tianjin in June (theme)

Tonight News (by Gao Li) learned from Tianjin Grand Theater that as a major performance project of the 2024 Tianjin Music Festival of the "Voice of BOC", the American musical Chicago, which has been popular around the world for half a century and has become the longest performing on Broadway and the West End of London, will come to Tianjin Grand Theater for four consecutive performances from June 7 to 9.

The musical Chicago is adapted from a sensational real event in the 1920s. Centering on the most controversial topic, it tells the absurd story of the female dancers Lockheed Hart and Velma Kelly who, after being sent to prison for crimes, with the help of the eloquent lawyer Billy Flynn, eventually escaped from death and became the celebrities in prison. The plot is complex and fascinating. Bob Fossey, known as the "master of musical", moved onto the stage in 1975. Among the world musicals, Chicago occupies an important position with its unique sexy style and black humor. The sexy and cool style, the incomparable black and red aesthetics, the most classic Broadway style song and dance and the attractive graceful posture all present a "real" audio-visual feast.

The dance beauty of Chicago is very simple. The actors complete most of the dance movements with the help of chairs, hats and steel frames. The band changed the orchestra performance to join the stage performance, creating the atmosphere of Chicago nightclubs in the early 20th century. It not only undertakes the function of live performance, but also participates in the plot and interacts with actors and audience. Simple space processing and small-scale group scenes extremely highlight the performance of actors, creating a distinctive expressive force.

Since its debut, Chicago has won more than 50 important awards for its superb artistic quality and strong performance style, including 6 Tony Awards, 2 Oliver Awards, 1 Grammy Award, 2 British Film Academy Awards and 6 Oscar Awards. The film version of Chicago, based on the musical version, won six Oscar awards, breaking the situation that the musicals were not awarded the Oscar for the best film in the past 35 years.

The Chicago performance team has rich performance experience and superb artistic level. Sarah Sotat began to play the role of Chloe Hart as early as 2007. She once played this role in Chicago in the Cambridge Theater, and later became the actor who played Chloe for the longest time in the West End. Jarenga Scott has played the role of Wilma Kelly for many times from the West End to the international tour. In addition, she played Bon Bellerina in Cat (Swatch Theatre, UK). Since 2009, Ian Kelsey has played Billy Flynn on the West End stage for many times.