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CMT Mainstage presents Chicago. With one show-stopping song after another, this musical tells a sordid tale of fame, fortune and all that jazz.In the legendary city during the Roaring 20s, two rivals are locked up in Cook County Jail. Nightclub star Velma’s serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding the two in bed together; driven chorus girl Roxie’s been tossed in the joint for bumping off the lover she’s been seeing behind her husband’s back. Velma enlists the help of prison matron Mama Morton and slick lawyer Billy Flynn, who turn Velma’s incarceration into a murder-of-the-week media frenzy, thus preparing the world for a splashy showbiz comeback. But Roxie’s got a few tricks up her own sleeve…
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