This is a beautiful May 1979 programme (playbill) with a loose ticket stub from the Original West End production of the JOHN KANDER and FRED EBB musical hit "CHICAGO" at the Cambridge Theatre in London. (The Original Broadway production opened June 3rd, 1975 at the Forty-Sixth Street Theatre in New York City and ran for 936 performances. The London production opened April 10th, 1979 and ran for 590 performances.) ..... The musical starred JENNY LOGAN as "Velma Kelly", ANTONIA ELLIS as "Roxie Hart" and BEN CROSS as "Billy Flynn" and featured RICHARD FOX, DON FELLOWS, ERICK RAY EVANS, JACQUIE TOYE, LIZ WHITING, RACHEL IZEN, PHILIPPA BOULTER, TRACIE HART, HOPE JACKMAN, OKON JONES, MARK JEFFERIS, MARTIN BAKER, KENN OLDFIELD, G. LYONS, DAWN HOPE, ELLIE SMITH, BUSTER SKEGGS, JENNY McGUSTY, COLIN BENNETT, LINDA DOBELL and HUGH SPIGHT ..... CREDITS: Music by JOHN KANDER and Lyrics by FRED EBB (the songwriting team responsible for "Flora the Red Menace", "Cabaret", "70, Girls, 70", "Chicago", "The Rink", "The Happy Time", "The Act", "Woman of the Year", "Zorba", "Curtains" and "The Scottsboro Boys" among others); Book by FRED EBB and BOB FOSSE based on the play by MAURINE DALLAS WATKINS; Sets designed by ROGER GLOSSOP; Costumes designed by ANNE SINCLAIR; Directed and Choreographed on Broadway by BOB FOSSE; Choreographed by GILLIAN GREGORY; Directed by PETER JAMES; Produced by RAY COONEY and LARRY PARNES by arrangement with the CRUCIBLE THEATRE TRUST ..... DETAILS: The 16 page playbill measures 5 3/4" X 8 1/4" inches and includes full production credits, cast list, musical numbers and bios of each of the actors and members of the creative team, but no cast photos. Includes an original ticket stub from the May 12th, 1979 matinee performance ..... CONDITION: With the exception of light edge wear, this playbill is in excellent condition and will make a wonderful addition to the collection of any musical theatre aficionado or historian. This item will be carefully packaged in a protective, carded sleeve and backed by stiff cardboard.

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