difference between original and revival of Chicago?

I don't think there is much of a difference in the text. The revival was just staged more bare bones than the original, but I don't think there is much of difference in the text. All the songs are the same.

If there is a difference, it is slight. Nothing drastic like the 2 versions of Anything Goes.

But they don't license the revival text do they?

Ljay, you may know the answer to this:

On the OBC, "Me and My Baby" is much different than on the revival discs. Did they just record a shorter, slower version for the OBC, or was the number jazzed up for the revival.

I've always wondered that. I've always wanted to hear Gwen sing it at the faster tempo.

It is odd. It must have been because of time issues on the lp or somethng lame like that. Same reason Follies is butchered on the OBC.

haha, thanks, i love it when people tell me I got a good part.

And yes, I did figure out its the original. I guess our school was one of the only places allowed to get the rights because its still on tour, or we were the last ones to get them before they froze? I dont quite remember.

And im happy to know that almost everything is the same. Now I can listen to either recording and still be ok (I MUCH prefer Joel Greys version of Cellophane).

and just on a side note, how do you feel about high schools doing Chicago? And keep in mind, we arent cutting anything out.

The vaudeville staging conceits from the original production (ie: "Funny Honey" as a Helen Morgan torch song, "All I Care About" as a Sally Rand strip number with a sex change, "Mr. Cellophane" with celluloid collar, a la Bert Williams' "Nobody") are all dropped in the revival. I think the musical numbers begin to blur together in the revival, since the staging concepts have been eliminated. Still, by stripping everything away, the revival achieves a certain hard edged glamour that works for it. I do miss the tailor scene that followed "All I Care About" (which was the crafty reason behind Billy's striptease).

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