Chicago beat its prior Thanksgiving week gross record making $901,498.95 for the week ending December 1, 2024. Surpassing last year’s record of $806,192.15 for the week ending November 26, 2023.
Chicago also had its highest grossing Thanksgiving Day performance ever on Thursday, November 28, 2024 earning $140,762.65, surpassing last year’s gross of $135,750.65 on November 23, 2023.
Latin music star Sebastian Yatra recently joined the cast of Chicago as Billy Flynn. See footage of Yatra taking his first bow in the production HERE!
About Chicago
With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.
Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, Chicago features set design by Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, costume design by Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Ken Billington, sound design by Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer, casting by ARC / Duncan Stewart, CSA and Executive Producer Alecia Parker.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.
