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A 1975 Broadway musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. [1]

The original text

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." (Wikipedia)

Translations and adaptations

Performance history in South Africa

Staged by the Port Elizabeth Gilbert & Sullivan Society in 2004.


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