This - created by Bob Fosse - was what was great about Chicago. I enjoyed the movie, and it made its point. but it wasn't as perfectly crafted as the stage version.
Just noticed for the first time - after watching this countless times through the years - that at 2:15, when Ann Reinking steps backwards, she steps on Bebe Neuwirth's foot! They both cover it so well. Professionals.
Don't know hwo anyone could compare these two brilliant stage performers with the movie version...Renee and Catherine were terrific in the movie, but this is by far the best duo to ever do this show. They are the most incredible dancers, Bebe Neuwirth sang it great, and there's no comparison between two actresses doing competent jobs with the two best interpreters of these roles...EVER. And nobody danced Fosse better than Anne Reinking...no one.
I didn't realize that Leigh Zimmerman is part of this Tony Awards clip. Recently, I saw her perform the role of "Velma Kelly" on March 17, 2011. She is a vision...kind of reminded me of a beautifully statuesque Julie Newmar, in a way. I LOVE Chicago.
I saw the musical before the movie, the production is better in my opinion but I'll have to give credit to Hollywood for adapting it to the screen. As Lionessll mentioned. It's hard to compare the two since the audience gets a different experience watching it. Keep the context in mind. Not to mention you pay a lot to see the Broadway production so you expect to see a good show.
no way..the stage version is better...and bebe & anne were awesome...not to mention the male leads...but i like to movie too...the problem is that if you see a movie version of a play its always polished and of high production value/cost...so in that way they cannot be compared...similar to evita...the movie is great and glossy...but nothing beats live theatre ever...!
@Phil7460 that's Bebe Neuwirth. You may know her for her twice Emmy-award winning role of Lilith Sternin on CHEERS, or her many movie appearances (i.e. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, THE FACULTY, SUMMER OF SAM).
The "Who plays Roxie" comment was too funny. Not only is Reinking Broadway legend, but she also choreographed this show as well as "Fosse" as she was Fosse's companion for the 2nd part of his life, and Gwen Verdon, the 1st half of his life. Verdon played Roxie, in the original 'Chicago'...and Reinking played herself, more or less, in the Fosse bio pic, 'All That Jazz'.....when Fosse knew he was dying of overwork, and decided to film it, with others. Amazing story.
This will probably piss the theater nerds off, but I thought Catherine and Renee's dance at the end of the movie was way better than this performance. Ditto for the opening song--I don't care for the way Bebe sings it.
@copyright1982 For me personaly i adore Bebe but i do agree that the begining in the movie entertains me more in the way it was staged and the dancing, but i just love the Broadway last number.
But it would be boring if every one like the same thing =)
@copyright1982 you are right that the dance in the movie was better, well at least more elaborate. but in theater you are actually singing while dancing. while in the movie they are lip singing during the dance routine.
@13Superkitsune WHOEVER PLAYS ROXIE!? That's Anne Reinking dude....yoooouuu should be really ashamed of yourself. She's legendary. Sickly legendary...
anne reinking is amazing even though she isn't that young anymore, totally love her version of the arms, very different from what i have seen in West End in the past years :))
I saw the stage show in NY. I think the movie dancers handled the Fosse choreography very well, better than the stage dancers who were often out of sync I love the movie casting.
I liked the movie too but its different from a life show definitively. The European movie premiere was in Berlin Germany and Zita Jones Zellweger and Gere pariticpated life. Big event!
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Ann Reinking, thank her for Bob Fosse style choreography in the revival of Chicago. Pity her singing does not live up to her choreography. Bebe has a very dry sound quality in her voice that hardly makes you want to listen to her again.
sorry sorry but Bob Fosse didn`t do the choreography for 'Chicago', he did 'All That Jazz' , Chicago was a later revival of the songs and adapted a a broader story line :) , sorry just ahd to point it out
Bob Fosse actually -did- do the original choreography back in the 1970's for Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera... this choreography for the revival is Ann Reinking's, taking her inspiration from Fosse. All That Jazz the musical opened after Chicago did (1970's again), and I think you're right that he also choreographed it... either he did, or it was a tribute musical to him, as he passed away not too long after the shows first ran.
hmm.. i thought "All That Jazz" came first? mayybe not.. hmm i`ll need to have a relook at dates (: , either way his choreography is amazing. Truly hutted he passed away so early. Though he was a chain smoker lol some amazing movie`s and documentarie`s from people about what he was like.. would have loved to have worked with him =]
ANN REINKING is Roxie...BEBE NEUWIRTH is Velma. The amazing Ms. Reinking had played Roxie in the original 1975 production of CHICAGO after Gwen Verdon left the show. There is another awe-inspiring dancer/singer/actress who played the part in that original production - LENORA NEMETZ. She could move in ways that I don't think that God could have even imagined.
To a one, they were great people,pros everyone of them and I learned so much,just watching how they could hold an audience in the palm of their hand. Chita could've behaved like the diva she is, but there was none of that...EVER. Gwen was a sweetheart and it was easy to see why Mr Fosse,even though he was famously unfaithful,was still crazy about her. Chita endeared herself to me during rehearsals when she missed a step and yelled,"Shit!" so the whole comapny could hear it!LOL
Haha, I luv chita to death, she is in my top fav actresses along with angela lansbury, bernadette, betty buckley, patti lupone. I would KILL to meet her! I am so jealous of you, it must have been an amazing experince, do you and chita still keep in touch? lol stupid ? i know
but.... it was cut and done in 15 second intervals. This is one take. And, having seen the Broadway version... it knocked the socks off of the movie. The movie just can't hold a candle to the real show.
You can't compare a Bob Fosse original to a movie. The movie was fantastic but you just can't beat the classic version with stars like Anne and Gwen. Don't hate on the oldies ;)
Come on guys you shouldn't compare the movie and the show. It is to different industries, its not like they should, or even could, be the same. They both rock!
I have to say, I did love the stage production that was on tour. It was really cool to have the orchestra on stage with live music and seeing the entire dance numbers. It really was superb. On the other hand in the movie we got to see the tap dance and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Zellwigger and Rielly wonderful performances. Not to metion all the extra bits of information that was stuffed into the movie. Again I love both :) but I understand liking one over the other. They are different tastes.
Catherine Zeta-Jones was never on Broadway. On London's West End, she was in 42nd Street and she's also sung extensively on British TV. People should attempt to know some facts before they type in such incorrect comments.
As someone who saw the original CHICAGO 7 times, no one compares to Chita Rivera. Bob Fosse's clear intent was to show off one of most monunental talents in theater history.
people are very ignorant - they don't realise that the movie was edited, looped and whatnot for a fast fix... if Zeta Jones hits those notes or whatever believe me it wasnt in one take. This is actually the stage version when real physical life is to be seen and cannot be given the gloss people crave, the very people who aren't aware of subversive intent and think everything is as they see...
All movie musicals have voice overs because the director wants the perfect scene. Catherine definitely did her own singing whether or not it was all in one shot is up for debate. Personally, I think it looks like she is singing , and she was amazing in Chicago.
Chita Rivera was great as the first Velma Kelly on Broadway, and her dancing was fantastic, but I do prefer the movie version with Catherine zeta-Jones as Velma.
The dancers in the cell block tango sequence in the movie were superb and exciting to watch as well!
RRgh, that looks so cool...Wish I could see this live, but all I have is the movie...not that the movie's bad or anything, but I think it would be a lot cooler live... :P
Let's remember that these people are performing LIVE and in ONE TAKE. Movies allow them to stop the camera. I will always prefer Bebe in this dark, sarcastic revival. I felt the movie completely butchered the very POINT of the story; they cut all the ironic material and made it literal instead of a tongue-in-cheek satire. The very fact that Mary Sunshine was a real woman, and that they shortened it for better "attention span", leaves me dissatisfied. I prefer an artist's INTENDED vision.
most of you are forgetting that this is the musical, not the movie. this is fosse, not rob marshal.
the movie version IS great, just the broadway revival is better and the real thing. the number isnt supposed to be happy and "fun" necessarily. the song is supposed to be a bit sarcastic and dark in a way. more seductive and mysterious. its not a very openly sexy number, again more alluring and seductive, not blatant sex.
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i really dont like this version, i feel that it takes the song wayy to seriousley & literally, the womans voice isnt all that well tuned, & the "haaa chaaa, whoo pee" sounds better when they all say it together. this is a really fun song to choreograph (been there, done that) & they took all the fun out of it, & it could also use a bit more libido (not in a perverted way!).
Ok, first, the character from cheers you are refering to is Lilith. It was 20 years ago too. Second, she is an actor. That's the point. Actors need to be allowed to play more than one kind of character. Otherwise we don't really have actors at all. A perfect example of a typecast actor is Ed O'Neill. He is actually quite talented, yet because audiences only think of him as "Al Bundy", they don't allow him to move on. Thus, we watch him in the same role over and over again. Let actors act.
Great performance for the Tony's. Fun to watch but I still am much more exhilirated when I see the movie version. People love Bebe but she looks so awkward as a dancer compared to Anne.
I don't know if its just me... or the time time, but I saw Gwen and Chita in Chicago as a kid and enjoyed it.
Ann and Bebe, however, just blew my mind. I returned and saw them gosh... maybe 14 times. It was tremendous - one of the highlights of my life as a Broadway theatre goer. It seems Ann's body was made for those Fosse inspired movements and Bebe... she was magnificent in the role.
As untrained dancers CZJ & RZ did a fine job in the Chicago movie, but it is fascinating to watch BN & AR in comparison. Even better, we have a video of Chita Rivera & Gwen Verdon [who were trained dancers] for even better comparison. Chita herself said of the music for Chicago, emphatically, "That score works". I think we may interpret that to mean, you would need to be a total clodhopper to fuck up All That Jazz/ Hot Honey Rag etc.
not really. I mean yeah it was weird hearing about it at first(I thought she was all wrong for the role), but when I saw her as Roxie, I completely forgot she was velma. She was amazing! It also suprised me that she had her hip replaced earlier last year. She moved really well. go Bebe!
It's great to watch the evolution of the 'Hot Honey Rag' from 75 and 84 with Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera to this with Bebe and Anne. All we need now is someone to upload the final dance sequence form the movie.
WOW!!! this video is amazing!! I've seen some videos from a very amateur presentation from Peru. They should learn what Chicago is about!..Ann Reinking is brilliant!!
This - created by Bob Fosse - was what was great about Chicago. I enjoyed the movie, and it made its point. but it wasn't as perfectly crafted as the stage version.
anbd1952 1 month ago
Just noticed for the first time - after watching this countless times through the years - that at 2:15, when Ann Reinking steps backwards, she steps on Bebe Neuwirth's foot! They both cover it so well. Professionals.
marycoggins 1 month ago
i prefer Bernadette Peter ' s version 0_o
BernadettePetersx3 10 months ago
Don't know hwo anyone could compare these two brilliant stage performers with the movie version...Renee and Catherine were terrific in the movie, but this is by far the best duo to ever do this show. They are the most incredible dancers, Bebe Neuwirth sang it great, and there's no comparison between two actresses doing competent jobs with the two best interpreters of these roles...EVER. And nobody danced Fosse better than Anne Reinking...no one.
MsEsseff 10 months ago 2
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MsEsseff 10 months ago
Correcting myself....Gwen Verdon and Anne Reinking danced Fosse the best. Sorry, almost forgot her.
MsEsseff 10 months ago
Though the quality isn't necessarily best, if I'm not mistaking, isn't that the fabulous Chita Rivera?
andrevarner1967 10 months ago
I didn't realize that Leigh Zimmerman is part of this Tony Awards clip. Recently, I saw her perform the role of "Velma Kelly" on March 17, 2011. She is a vision...kind of reminded me of a beautifully statuesque Julie Newmar, in a way. I LOVE Chicago.
TX1961 10 months ago
I. Love. Bebe. Neuwirth. Enough said.
PurpleMaster958Two 10 months ago 2
THAT was really amazing.
Really really really amzaing.
Yes.
They looked like they didn't have bones at one point, like, they were just like waves!
Crazy stuff man
AliceGoBoom 1 year ago
FANTASTIC
rrrich7 1 year ago
I saw the musical before the movie, the production is better in my opinion but I'll have to give credit to Hollywood for adapting it to the screen. As Lionessll mentioned. It's hard to compare the two since the audience gets a different experience watching it. Keep the context in mind. Not to mention you pay a lot to see the Broadway production so you expect to see a good show.
MightyTabooTiki 1 year ago
i've never seen this musical but it sure sounds good to watch and i like the music :DD
DaneilleJones 1 year ago
no way..the stage version is better...and bebe & anne were awesome...not to mention the male leads...but i like to movie too...the problem is that if you see a movie version of a play its always polished and of high production value/cost...so in that way they cannot be compared...similar to evita...the movie is great and glossy...but nothing beats live theatre ever...!
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wanetalucianinmj 1 year ago
I honestly think Catherine sings better...
ReiAyanamiSAKURA 1 year ago
The movie was better
thespazzhand 1 year ago
like:)
Miri8989 1 year ago
one hell of an electrifying routine... goosebumps everytime!! what more if it were in HD?!! :-)
abrighty 1 year ago
cant see anything...
TheBiggayal88 1 year ago
whos the woman playing velma kelly she looks so familiar
Phil7460 1 year ago
@Phil7460 that's Bebe Neuwirth. You may know her for her twice Emmy-award winning role of Lilith Sternin on CHEERS, or her many movie appearances (i.e. HOW TO LOSE A GUY IN 10 DAYS, THE FACULTY, SUMMER OF SAM).
musicaltheatergeek79 9 months ago
I want to be Ms. Reinking when i grow up!
princessh3llnokitty 1 year ago 4
i met catherine zeta jones today and micheal douglas :)
westmonchick 1 year ago
Bebe Neuwirth and Ann Reinking are my perfect Velma and Roxie! Just love 'em!
Caradog93 1 year ago 4
It's really exciting to watch live, thrilling in a way that the film could never be.
millvalleyrn 1 year ago
damn amazing i love both these women
aaronmichael22 1 year ago 2
I'm in my high school production of the show. We stink and the show is on WEDNESDAY
Jonaspeeps 1 year ago
The "Who plays Roxie" comment was too funny. Not only is Reinking Broadway legend, but she also choreographed this show as well as "Fosse" as she was Fosse's companion for the 2nd part of his life, and Gwen Verdon, the 1st half of his life. Verdon played Roxie, in the original 'Chicago'...and Reinking played herself, more or less, in the Fosse bio pic, 'All That Jazz'.....when Fosse knew he was dying of overwork, and decided to film it, with others. Amazing story.
sarmadasco 1 year ago 3
That was hot, haha! My favourite part was 2:09 :) Very cute and sexy and odd...
TheMintyMuffin 1 year ago
This will probably piss the theater nerds off, but I thought Catherine and Renee's dance at the end of the movie was way better than this performance. Ditto for the opening song--I don't care for the way Bebe sings it.
copyright1982 1 year ago
@copyright1982 For me personaly i adore Bebe but i do agree that the begining in the movie entertains me more in the way it was staged and the dancing, but i just love the Broadway last number.
But it would be boring if every one like the same thing =)
xjellymixx 1 year ago
@copyright1982 you are right that the dance in the movie was better, well at least more elaborate. but in theater you are actually singing while dancing. while in the movie they are lip singing during the dance routine.
narutohinta33 1 year ago 3
@narutohinta33 ? But there are no words to 'Hot Honey Rag' thus no singing or lip-syncing to be done.
copyright1982 1 year ago
@copyright1982 Who cares? This is the best choreography of all time.
volcanicrain 1 year ago
I ADORE this!
SassyMcHassy 1 year ago 3
очень много дырок и пропусков, хочется больше динамики, это ведь не лебединое озеро..., как-то лирично вышло
tinkahotty 1 year ago
That Hot Honey Rag was ON FIRE.
thatsmahlon 2 years ago 3
this gives me chills.
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kaleriyaebezano 2 years ago
I love Bebe
Donalx07 2 years ago 3
...whoever plays Roxie looks like a man with this quality of video.
13Superkitsune 2 years ago
@13Superkitsune WHOEVER PLAYS ROXIE!? That's Anne Reinking dude....yoooouuu should be really ashamed of yourself. She's legendary. Sickly legendary...
baileysfromashoe08 1 year ago 4
cant get over how the duo for hot honey rag were out of sync. unless its supposed to be that way. otherwise it was good
SillageDeLaReine 2 years ago 2
Yes it has to be out of sync you can see that in every performance of this choreography.
thelightdivining 2 years ago
no offense i hate her voice
goddessoflove4ever 2 years ago
i er agree with u
1992millykay 2 years ago
@goddessoflove4ever sameee
yanyayai 2 years ago
i seen this in leeds it was realyy good
XXJadeLouiseeXX 2 years ago
Amazing!!! I hope Ashlee Simpson will be able to live up to that!
shortbutstrong 2 years ago
THAT WAS AmAzInG!!!!!
crazychickd 2 years ago 2
when is this clip from?
anne reinking is amazing even though she isn't that young anymore, totally love her version of the arms, very different from what i have seen in West End in the past years :))
tedsler 2 years ago
I saw the stage show in NY. I think the movie dancers handled the Fosse choreography very well, better than the stage dancers who were often out of sync I love the movie casting.
Sharona903 2 years ago
love this musical
TheNextIdinaMenzel 2 years ago
This is so hot
naadslylillian 2 years ago
Love it!!!!!! Love you Ann.....we miss you!!
nealbrice 2 years ago 2
Damn who Knew Lillith could be so Hot.
jessicaalbalover 2 years ago 32
yes and she doesn't even has her hair down......lol
66kompis 2 years ago 2
I just saw this show on Broadway a couple of days ago and it was WONDERFUL. Different cast members, of course, but still an amazing show.
austinrules24 2 years ago
quality or not...thank you so much for posting this! no second takes on broadway...love it love it!
bcrocker33 2 years ago 5
I LOOOOOOOVE Anne Reinking!!
bwaybuffer92 2 years ago
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not bad.. but serious they really shouldn't have male actor... XD
emptyna 2 years ago
Blurred, sticking and utterly delicious! thanks so much.
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bwaybuffer92 2 years ago
i love it
saw it new york
in london
in vienna
in the movies - can´t get enough of it
33643 2 years ago
Ur so lucky!! I lov3 this!!!
NiteOwl1224 2 years ago
Lucky, I had to watch the original online. Bad quality. But the remake with Catherine-Zeta Jones & Renee Zelleweger was awesome too!
NYCtosha 2 years ago
I liked the movie too but its different from a life show definitively. The European movie premiere was in Berlin Germany and Zita Jones Zellweger and Gere pariticpated life. Big event!
33643 2 years ago
Yea. I just wish I coulda seen the live 1 personally
NYCtosha 2 years ago
this is freakin' AMAZING
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Ann Reinking, thank her for Bob Fosse style choreography in the revival of Chicago. Pity her singing does not live up to her choreography. Bebe has a very dry sound quality in her voice that hardly makes you want to listen to her again.
notsooldromantic 2 years ago
sorry sorry but Bob Fosse didn`t do the choreography for 'Chicago', he did 'All That Jazz' , Chicago was a later revival of the songs and adapted a a broader story line :) , sorry just ahd to point it out
ForbiddenHeartz 2 years ago
Bob Fosse actually -did- do the original choreography back in the 1970's for Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera... this choreography for the revival is Ann Reinking's, taking her inspiration from Fosse. All That Jazz the musical opened after Chicago did (1970's again), and I think you're right that he also choreographed it... either he did, or it was a tribute musical to him, as he passed away not too long after the shows first ran.
browncoatkevin 2 years ago 3
hmm.. i thought "All That Jazz" came first? mayybe not.. hmm i`ll need to have a relook at dates (: , either way his choreography is amazing. Truly hutted he passed away so early. Though he was a chain smoker lol some amazing movie`s and documentarie`s from people about what he was like.. would have loved to have worked with him =]
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hst1272 2 years ago
Bebe puts Zeta-Jones to shame...what a voice.
julegad 2 years ago
i love it
Hismerla 2 years ago
not as good as Catherine Zeta-Jones
huykute06 2 years ago
exactly jones is way better
maxtina7 2 years ago
I love Zeta-Jones, but you have to admit that there's some REALLY cool dancing in this! 2:09 for example...
Cabose5 2 years ago
is anne roxie or velma?
aasjb4ever 2 years ago
ANN REINKING is Roxie...BEBE NEUWIRTH is Velma. The amazing Ms. Reinking had played Roxie in the original 1975 production of CHICAGO after Gwen Verdon left the show. There is another awe-inspiring dancer/singer/actress who played the part in that original production - LENORA NEMETZ. She could move in ways that I don't think that God could have even imagined.
macraeman 2 years ago 4
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macraeman 2 years ago
gocha thanks!
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DivaAnnFisher 3 years ago
wow. bebe is such a fluid dancer. much like a noodle.
but, i still prefer ann as a better dancer
enabeleno 3 years ago
hehehe...you called her a noodle...it makes me laugh to try and picture Lilith Sternin as a noodle...
TotallyAwesomeSocks 3 years ago 3
Love the little Charleston they do at 1:16!
musicaltheatergeek79 3 years ago
I was in the ORIGINAL production with Gwen Verdon,Chita Rivera and Jerry Orbach
Theoz69 3 years ago 2
You were? That must have benn SOOOOO COOL!!!! What is chita like??
Museleaders 3 years ago
To a one, they were great people,pros everyone of them and I learned so much,just watching how they could hold an audience in the palm of their hand. Chita could've behaved like the diva she is, but there was none of that...EVER. Gwen was a sweetheart and it was easy to see why Mr Fosse,even though he was famously unfaithful,was still crazy about her. Chita endeared herself to me during rehearsals when she missed a step and yelled,"Shit!" so the whole comapny could hear it!LOL
Theoz69 3 years ago 3
Haha, I luv chita to death, she is in my top fav actresses along with angela lansbury, bernadette, betty buckley, patti lupone. I would KILL to meet her! I am so jealous of you, it must have been an amazing experince, do you and chita still keep in touch? lol stupid ? i know
Museleaders 3 years ago
They should increase the budget and totally re-do the show. The movie was amazing especially the hothoney rag!
d3fyinggr4vity 3 years ago
but.... it was cut and done in 15 second intervals. This is one take. And, having seen the Broadway version... it knocked the socks off of the movie. The movie just can't hold a candle to the real show.
jdeslauriers 3 years ago
Absolutely fantastic performance.
cgakrool 3 years ago
you are intense.
heybabbess 3 years ago
Wha? Wha? I liked it!! :)
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9717587 3 years ago
You can't compare a Bob Fosse original to a movie. The movie was fantastic but you just can't beat the classic version with stars like Anne and Gwen. Don't hate on the oldies ;)
dancinfool25 3 years ago 15
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the chicago movie version is better than this
LemonPirate101 3 years ago
Come on guys you shouldn't compare the movie and the show. It is to different industries, its not like they should, or even could, be the same. They both rock!
LionessII 3 years ago 64
I partially agree. I just prefer the show version. Not just this show version. Somehow I just enjoy it more in a stage performance.
DrearSkaa 3 years ago 2
I have to say, I did love the stage production that was on tour. It was really cool to have the orchestra on stage with live music and seeing the entire dance numbers. It really was superb. On the other hand in the movie we got to see the tap dance and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Zellwigger and Rielly wonderful performances. Not to metion all the extra bits of information that was stuffed into the movie. Again I love both :) but I understand liking one over the other. They are different tastes.
LionessII 3 years ago
I LOVE THE 'CHICAGO' FILM version with Catherine Zeta singing.
nexypointy 3 years ago 5
love Ann Reinking and Bebe Neuwirth
RobertB3211 3 years ago 2
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catherine is betta gawd!
wat a wannabe!!!!!!!
renee is good aswell :D
xgemmax933 3 years ago
These two are perfection!
samjillian 3 years ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones was never on Broadway. On London's West End, she was in 42nd Street and she's also sung extensively on British TV. People should attempt to know some facts before they type in such incorrect comments.
As someone who saw the original CHICAGO 7 times, no one compares to Chita Rivera. Bob Fosse's clear intent was to show off one of most monunental talents in theater history.
roccoh2 3 years ago
people are very ignorant - they don't realise that the movie was edited, looped and whatnot for a fast fix... if Zeta Jones hits those notes or whatever believe me it wasnt in one take. This is actually the stage version when real physical life is to be seen and cannot be given the gloss people crave, the very people who aren't aware of subversive intent and think everything is as they see...
AdArmand 3 years ago 3
My theater summer camp did this last year ours was soooo good. Type in Ypcca and you'll find it. It's amazing
BroadwayBoundBaby125 3 years ago
I have seen the movie and LOVED it, however the dance in the Broadway show was amazing!!! I loved them both...Fosse was amazing.
brownee920 3 years ago 2
I liked the movie just fine, but nothing can compare to Bebe and Ann. Two of the finest dancers ever to grace the stage, and the perfect duo.
McKay1 3 years ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones did all of her own singing.
jordanfog 3 years ago 7
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no she didn't, she had a voiceover i'm afraid, wish she had though
davidchris1991 3 years ago
wrong...she did her own singing
RJoseph927 3 years ago
Catherine Zeta jones did her own singing.... she's had a history in broadway.....
ceesayssorry 3 years ago
All movie musicals have voice overs because the director wants the perfect scene. Catherine definitely did her own singing whether or not it was all in one shot is up for debate. Personally, I think it looks like she is singing , and she was amazing in Chicago.
moviefreak316 3 years ago
That's true...the vocals were pre-recorded and not done live, but it is definitely her singing
RJoseph927 3 years ago 3
Chita Rivera was great as the first Velma Kelly on Broadway, and her dancing was fantastic, but I do prefer the movie version with Catherine zeta-Jones as Velma.
The dancers in the cell block tango sequence in the movie were superb and exciting to watch as well!
Bebe is alright.
Xeresa18 3 years ago 2
I'm sure I've read somewhere that Catherine Zeta Jones' voice is dubbed over by a french singer for the movie ...
Might be incorrect... but pause for though
Buttons9090 3 years ago
zeta jones is the best velma kelly ever
vozas 3 years ago
loved it,, although the movie velma sings better than she does
missthanggg1 3 years ago 2
love the song but there was too many people in the ensemble for all that jazz it looked more like a mob than the casual group its supposed to
NightwishNick 3 years ago
wow, Bebe...
mrswilberforce 3 years ago 2
awesome!
tomdewert 3 years ago 2
it's so lousy...compared to the modern one
chiying0316 3 years ago 4
Why? If never seen neither.
Augusto210 3 years ago
and where would the "mondern one" be without the stage show? Bob Fosse is rolling in his grave at your comment. ;) :P
JackTaco 3 years ago 2
Eh?
By the 'modern one', do you mean the film?
You can't compare a stage performance to a film.
Especially when the material was originally meant for stage!
Buttons9090 3 years ago
My dream role is Velma Kelley!
kpo011 3 years ago 3
RRgh, that looks so cool...Wish I could see this live, but all I have is the movie...not that the movie's bad or anything, but I think it would be a lot cooler live... :P
TheXsweetXtradgedy 3 years ago
lol what ann id dancing at around 2:35 is SO funny. They both look like their having so much fun!
Selendomono 4 years ago
Didn't like it.
xfarmxgirlx 4 years ago
omg, ann reinking is amazing!
lifeguardintraining 4 years ago
Let's remember that these people are performing LIVE and in ONE TAKE. Movies allow them to stop the camera. I will always prefer Bebe in this dark, sarcastic revival. I felt the movie completely butchered the very POINT of the story; they cut all the ironic material and made it literal instead of a tongue-in-cheek satire. The very fact that Mary Sunshine was a real woman, and that they shortened it for better "attention span", leaves me dissatisfied. I prefer an artist's INTENDED vision.
freakydisco 4 years ago
i love 2.09
i like this version so much better,
these people are amazing singers and dancers.
ShaakThi 4 years ago
most of you are forgetting that this is the musical, not the movie. this is fosse, not rob marshal.
the movie version IS great, just the broadway revival is better and the real thing. the number isnt supposed to be happy and "fun" necessarily. the song is supposed to be a bit sarcastic and dark in a way. more seductive and mysterious. its not a very openly sexy number, again more alluring and seductive, not blatant sex.
bwaygirl234 4 years ago 6
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i really dont like this version, i feel that it takes the song wayy to seriousley & literally, the womans voice isnt all that well tuned, & the "haaa chaaa, whoo pee" sounds better when they all say it together. this is a really fun song to choreograph (been there, done that) & they took all the fun out of it, & it could also use a bit more libido (not in a perverted way!).
mandawinter21 4 years ago
some parts were fun but other parts they didn't seem to be doing the moves together very well.
musicalluver101 4 years ago 3
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I think CZJ brings much more sex appeal to the role of velma. I think so many ppl recognize bebe from her stiff role as Frasiers wife on Cheers...
krackermilitia 4 years ago
This is exactly why I love seeing her in this musical :)
kapa1902 4 years ago 4
Ok, first, the character from cheers you are refering to is Lilith. It was 20 years ago too. Second, she is an actor. That's the point. Actors need to be allowed to play more than one kind of character. Otherwise we don't really have actors at all. A perfect example of a typecast actor is Ed O'Neill. He is actually quite talented, yet because audiences only think of him as "Al Bundy", they don't allow him to move on. Thus, we watch him in the same role over and over again. Let actors act.
moroseragazza 4 years ago
And P.S. I like Bebe voice better.
moroseragazza 4 years ago
I personally think that Babe is good but not the best out there. I think that Chita and CZJ are better (only CZJ had the worst hair)
Selendomono 4 years ago 2
I prefer Catherine Zeta-Jones meeself! ^_^
shivaboyd 4 years ago
Great performance for the Tony's. Fun to watch but I still am much more exhilirated when I see the movie version. People love Bebe but she looks so awkward as a dancer compared to Anne.
Jakeev 4 years ago
Who can help me finding material to study this choreography? I'd like to know on which video/dvd I can puchase this. Thanks for a hint.
latanyasdance 4 years ago
I don't know if its just me... or the time time, but I saw Gwen and Chita in Chicago as a kid and enjoyed it.
Ann and Bebe, however, just blew my mind. I returned and saw them gosh... maybe 14 times. It was tremendous - one of the highlights of my life as a Broadway theatre goer. It seems Ann's body was made for those Fosse inspired movements and Bebe... she was magnificent in the role.
johncatba 4 years ago
hm.. check out the stud @ .13 on the left!
<3<3<3
LaAngeldeMusica 4 years ago
The next best thing to Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera!
RedTopBear 4 years ago 2
I could do that.
Luisangela 4 years ago
As untrained dancers CZJ & RZ did a fine job in the Chicago movie, but it is fascinating to watch BN & AR in comparison. Even better, we have a video of Chita Rivera & Gwen Verdon [who were trained dancers] for even better comparison. Chita herself said of the music for Chicago, emphatically, "That score works". I think we may interpret that to mean, you would need to be a total clodhopper to fuck up All That Jazz/ Hot Honey Rag etc.
hotwok19 4 years ago
Bebe is a trained dancer, too. :)
matpish 4 years ago
CZJ is a trained dancer actually, you must have forgotten that she started as peggy sawyer in 42nd Street!
laura7377 4 years ago
Catherine Zeta-Jones IS a trained dancer and voted the fastest tap dancer in The British Isles. She starred in the London production of 42nd St
Theoz69 3 years ago 4
Isn't it bizarre that Bebe became Roxie?
mogwai4000 4 years ago
not really. I mean yeah it was weird hearing about it at first(I thought she was all wrong for the role), but when I saw her as Roxie, I completely forgot she was velma. She was amazing! It also suprised me that she had her hip replaced earlier last year. She moved really well. go Bebe!
G4Rat 4 years ago
I saw her as Roxie, she was amazing.
matpish 4 years ago
Yea, me to. She was great. You wouldn't belive she had hip surgery earlier in the year.
G4Rat 4 years ago
I love watching these two perform, you can tell they are loving every moment and having as much fun dancing that we have watching them.
jessicaalbalover 4 years ago
It's great to watch the evolution of the 'Hot Honey Rag' from 75 and 84 with Gwen Verdon and Chita Rivera to this with Bebe and Anne. All we need now is someone to upload the final dance sequence form the movie.
SacMyk 4 years ago
Hot Honey Rag always makes me feel like dancing!! But I can't do the dance they did, it's great to watch though
PinkChicken 4 years ago
I don't like her voice but the dancing is brilliant.
bea142 4 years ago
Legs!
Echdrum 4 years ago
very nice
0ilinca0 4 years ago
WOW!!! this video is amazing!! I've seen some videos from a very amateur presentation from Peru. They should learn what Chicago is about!..Ann Reinking is brilliant!!
bebetito100 4 years ago
next to gwen and chita, the best duo ever to do this.
Citygirl3487 4 years ago
that was some GREAT dancing!!!
jg325 4 years ago
why so blurry... Oh god do I have glaucoma?
billyrubin1970 4 years ago
yes you do sorry to say
PinkChicken 4 years ago
amazinggggggggggggggggggg
sunados 4 years ago
wow wkd vid!
lemon14 4 years ago
Ann Reinking is the best. She outshines all the others.
ShamusMacGuffin 4 years ago
fabulous!
6rservices 5 years ago
I agree. At Last!
G4Rat 5 years ago