Chicago script

[SAluva2]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:35pm

anyone know where I could get my hands on a script of the chicago broadway script??

[FranzRelax]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:38pm

http://broadwaynewyork.com/Item.aspx?ItemId=25231

It's the original 1975 libretto. So it doesn't follow the revival word by word. The revival has quite a few cuts.

[SAluva2]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:48pm

Okay thank you so much!!! Deffiently using that, but anyone else know where I can find a copy of the revival as well??

[FranzRelax]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:49pm

The revival doesn't have a published libretto for purchase. It's the same script though - they just cut a scene and trimmed some dialogue and song.

[FranzRelax]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 9:54pm

Off the top of my head I know they cut

- a scene called "A Poker Game"
- "Me and My Baby" was a much longer number
- The finale dialogue between Roxie & Velma to the audience was trimmed a bit.

I can't find my libretto. So I'm trying to think of more.

Updated On: 8/19/07 at 09:54 PM

[FranzRelax]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:22pm

Yes. All of the remaining dialouge from the revival can be found in the original libretto. They didn't add new lines or anything. They just did a trimming.

[COOOOLkid]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:40pm

What is this for? I mean, there's been a lot of threads asking for script/score and I just don't get why.

[FranzRelax]

Posted: 8/19/07 at 11:44pm

I'm a huge CHICAGO fan, and I wanted to own the script. Maybe it's the same for the original poster.

It's not that rare to want to own a libretto of a show you enjoy. Most Sondheim librettos are published for purchase by the public.