If you go
› What: “Chicago” in Broadway at the Tivoli series.› When: 7:30 p.m. Wednesday-Friday, Feb. 15-17; doors open at 6:30 p.m.› Where: Tivoli Theatre, 709 Broad St.› Admission: $37, $52, $67 and $77, plus fees.› Phone: 423-757-5580.› Website: www.tivolichattanooga.com.
Other Billy Flynns
Eddie Georgia has esteemed company in the role of Billy Flynn. Previous Broadway productions have starred Jerry Orbach and James Naughton. The 2002 movie, a Best Picture winner at the 75th Academy Awards, featured Richard Gere as Chicago’s slickest lawyer.
An NFL legend transforms into a song-and-dance man for a touring production of “Chicago,” stopping in Chattanooga for three performances next week as part of the Broadway at the Tivoli series.
Heisman Trophy winner Eddie George is making his Broadway touring debut in the role of lawyer Billy Flynn, the sauve, sexy manipulator who can persuade anyone to do anything. Billy will take any case as long as it will put money in his pocket.
Set amid the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, “Chicago” is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might be ripped just as easily from today’s tabloids.