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«Chicago - The Musical» : The Broadway experience, came to Europe!

Updated: 4 days ago


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Photograph of the stage in the «Christmas Theater», in Athens, Greece | Photo by Apostolos Ioannidis

It is evident that the art of music, theatre and dance can offer great, artistic pleasure to every human being. When these arts are combined, though, the final «mixture» is an unexpectedly bigger thrill, named «Musical Theatre Performance». We recently had the privilege of experiencing the musical “Chicago” presented by Broadway’s new European Tour at its start.


Photograph from the stage of «Christmas Theater», in Athens, Greece | Photo by Apostolos Ioannidis

From 2024 till 2025, the most iconic, Broadway musical of all time, created by the legendaries Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, will be touring in more than 20 countries across Europe, including Albania, Hungary, Latvia, Estonia, Slovenia, Austria and Malta and many more. This tour had its debut in Greece's «Christmas Theater», in Athens, and that is where we experienced this fantastic show.

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Chicago - rehearsal Photograph from rehearsals of «Chicago's» European Tour | Photo by in.gr

We had the opportunity to enjoy the original Broadway production recreated on the European stage with a «razzle-dazzle» super talented cast, consisting of professional musical theatre performers from London, with very impressive careers in the industry, such as Laura Tyrer, Matt Blaker and Danny Becker.


In fact, for the Greek audience, the biggest suprise was that they saw a very familiar figure in the main cast; Musical Theatre Performer and TV Presenter Nadia Boule, popular in the Greek Pop Culture, was given the role of Roxie Hart and successfully performed, despite the very high, Broadway standards, proving the huge range of her talents and capabilities. Boule had already portrayed the role in the Greek production of «Chicago», in 2020, through which she was nominated for the Best Actress category at the «Greek Audience Awards».

From start to finish, this spectacular production transported us back to 1920's Chicago, where we meet Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly and live their adventurous stories as they desperately hunt for fame and fortune, during a period of great criminality, when murderers were the true stars of showbiz.  

From start to finish, this spectacular production transported us back to 1920's Chicago, where we meet Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly and live their adventurous stories as they desperately hunt for fame and fortune, during a period of great criminality, when murderers were the true stars of showbiz.


The musical, as a whole, was filled with theatrical passion and undoubted charisma, giving the Greek spectators the absolute best a Broadway show can give.


Consequently, European musical theatre lovers have a chance to experience Broadway in their own country. Experiences, like these, do not happen that often. That is why nobody should miss out!


 -Apostolos Ioannidis

Proof-reader Valerie Kousoulis

 


If you want to learn more info about the European Tour of «Chicago», you can visit the following link:  https://peoplepresents.com/event/chicago-the-musical-athens/rmation


If you are in Greece and you want to get informed about Christmas Theater's artistic program (filled with plays from major productions, like Europaballet's «Moonwalk - The life of Michael Jackson» and the Gala Ballet of «Black Swan», you can press on this link: ct.gr


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