‘Chicago' dazzles Jozi

BROADWAY GLITZ: MUSICAL PROMISES FRESH TAKE ON TIMELESS CLASSIC

- Hein Kaiser

The uber sensual musical Chicago is coming back to Joburg next month and promises to be as delicious as ever.

After a sold-out run in Cape Town, the musical opens at Montecasino's Teatro on 3 October and runs until 16 November.

And even if you have seen the show before, runners say it returns with the full glitz of Broadway, but stripped of any excess, delivering a version that is both familiar and fresh.

Stage doyenne Samantha Peo returns as Velma Kelly, and she says it's been a magical reprise.

"The script is the same, the music is the same and the choreography is pretty much the same, but the magic lies in how we are directed as individuals," she said.

"They encourage us to bring our own personalities into the roles, and that makes every season new. Even for me, and this is the fourth time I am performing in Chicago, albeit as different characters, it feels like a first."

The production team, she said, had gone back to the beginnings of Bob Fosse's original vision.