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Alyssa tells David Baxter the real life story behind the musical Chicago.
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Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Silent 1927 'Chicago' to make a musical comeback
Chicagology: Maurine Dallas Watkins
Chicago Tribune: A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary.
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: Murder, mayhem and ‘all that jazz’ — the real women who inspired Oscar winner ‘Chicago’
Today: Obscure story by 'Chicago' playwright discovered
Stratford Festival Reviews:The Woman Behind the Women of Chicago
Ontario Stage: Maurine Watkins, The Woman Behind ‘Chicago’
New York Theatre Guide: The history behind the musical ‘Chicago’: How 1920s crime and vaudeville inspired the show
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: ‘Prettiest woman ever accused of murder in Chicago
The Script
Catherine Sheehy on Maurine Dallas Watkins - Mondays at Beinecke, February 21, 2022
Playbill: After 80 Years, So Help Me God! Makes Manhattan Bow
Chicago Magazine: The Girls of Murder City, by Douglas Perry
Mexican Breakfast
Toni Collette sings "Roxie" in Chicago audition
He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories
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Alyssa tells David Baxter the real life story behind the musical Chicago.
Subscribe, leave a five-star review, and tell all your friends.
Socials:
Twitter, BlueSky, Instagram
Check out Other Episodes:
Grease: The OG Broadway Transfer
William Hale "Big Bill" Thompson: Illinois Most Corrupt Politician
Show Notes:
Chicago Tribune: Silent 1927 'Chicago' to make a musical comeback
Chicagology: Maurine Dallas Watkins
Chicago Tribune: A Tribune reporter wrote the hit play ‘Chicago’ after covering Cook County murder trials. Decades later, we owe her an obituary.
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: Murder, mayhem and ‘all that jazz’ — the real women who inspired Oscar winner ‘Chicago’
Today: Obscure story by 'Chicago' playwright discovered
Stratford Festival Reviews:The Woman Behind the Women of Chicago
Ontario Stage: Maurine Watkins, The Woman Behind ‘Chicago’
New York Theatre Guide: The history behind the musical ‘Chicago’: How 1920s crime and vaudeville inspired the show
Chicago Tribune: Vintage Chicago Tribune: ‘Prettiest woman ever accused of murder in Chicago
The Script
Catherine Sheehy on Maurine Dallas Watkins - Mondays at Beinecke, February 21, 2022
Playbill: After 80 Years, So Help Me God! Makes Manhattan Bow
Chicago Magazine: The Girls of Murder City, by Douglas Perry
Mexican Breakfast
Toni Collette sings "Roxie" in Chicago audition
He Had It Coming: Four Murderous Women and the Reporter Who Immortalized Their Stories
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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