Inspired by American journalist turned playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins’ 1926 play Chicago, drawn from her time covering Courthouse Place for the Chicago Tribune, renowned performer and choreographer Bob Fosse would go onto adapt the production into what we now know as a sultry, jazz-centric take on the media circus and the fickle, fleeting nature of fame – the tale of Roxie Hart, a bright-eyed aspiring star willing to do whatever it takes to make it big time versus Velma Kelly – a well seasoned veteran on the verge of disappearing from the limelight thrown together as a result of their crimes, the multi-award winning musical returning to the New Wimbledon Theatre to reprise the musical’s 40+ year legacy.