A sultry spectacle of dance, drama, and jazz

One of Broadway's longest-running musicals, Chicago, to return to Chinese stages this October, Chen Nan reports.

The Broadway musical Chicago plans to captivate audiences in China with dazzling performances and sultry jazz. An upcoming tour, which will kick off in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, this October, will include visits to 11 cities, including Hangzhou, Suzhou, Xi'an and Chongqing, for a 70-show run.

Director and choreographer Bob Fosse first had a vision for Chicago in 1975, when he obtained the copyright to the book by Maurine Watkins, and joined forces with composer John Kander and lyricist Fred Ebb to create the initial version of the musical.

The show ran for about 600 performances until 1979. It was revived on Broadway in 1996, and then a year later in the West End. The famous tale of love, murder and corruption holds the record for one of the longest-running shows on Broadway.