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Chicago
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Chicago Playbill - December 1926
Chicago
Broadway
Original
Music Box Theatre
239 W. 45th St., New York, NY
SYNOPSIS:
playwright:
Maurine Dallas Watkins
People (29)
Robert Barrat
Martin S. Harrison
(Original)
Charles Bickford
Jake
(Original)
Ferike Boros
Moonshine Maggie
(Original)
Doan Borup
Fred Casely
(Original)
Juliette Crosby
Velma
(Original)
Edward Ellis
Billy Flynn
(Original)
Edith Fitzgerald
Go-To-Hell Kitty
(Original)
Charles Halton
Amos Hart
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
Mary Sunshine
(Original)
Francine Larrimore
Roxie Hart
(Original)
Charles Slattery
Sergeant Murdock
(Original)
G. Albert Smith
Slats
(Original)
Dorothy Stickney
Liz
(Original)
Milano Tilden
Judge Canton
(Original)
Arthur R. Vinton
Babe
(Original)
Isabelle Winlocke
Mrs. Morton
(Original)
George W. Anspeak
Foreman of the Jury
(Original)
George Cowell
First Man Reporter
(Original)
Carl De Mal
Bailiff
(Original)
Charles Kuhn
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
George Lanning
Bailiff
(Original)
Al Milliken
Cameraman
(Original)
James Pall
First Photographer
(Original)
Thomas Poland
Cameraman
(Original)
Wilma Thompson
Woman Reporter
(Original)
Vincent York
Foreman of the Jury
(Original)
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Robert Barrat
Martin S. Harrison
(Original)
Charles Bickford
Jake
(Original)
Ferike Boros
Moonshine Maggie
(Original)
Doan Borup
Fred Casely
(Original)
Juliette Crosby
Velma
(Original)
Edward Ellis
Billy Flynn
(Original)
Edith Fitzgerald
Go-To-Hell Kitty
(Original)
Charles Halton
Amos Hart
(Original)
Eda Heinemann
Mary Sunshine
(Original)
Francine Larrimore
Roxie Hart
(Original)
Charles Slattery
Sergeant Murdock
(Original)
G. Albert Smith
Slats
(Original)
Dorothy Stickney
Liz
(Original)
Milano Tilden
Judge Canton
(Original)
Arthur R. Vinton
Babe
(Original)
Isabelle Winlocke
Mrs. Morton
(Original)
George W. Anspeak
Foreman of the Jury
(Original)
George Cowell
First Man Reporter
(Original)
Carl De Mal
Bailiff
(Original)
Charles Kuhn
Clerk of the Court
(Original)
George Lanning
Bailiff
(Original)
Al Milliken
Cameraman
(Original)
James Pall
First Photographer
(Original)
Thomas Poland
Cameraman
(Original)
Wilma Thompson
Woman Reporter
(Original)
Vincent York
Foreman of the Jury
(Original)
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Maurine Dallas Watkins
Writer
George Abbott
Director
Sam H. Harris
Producer
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Pro Info
Opening Date
Dec
30
1926
Closing Date
May
28
1927
Performances
172
as of Dec 05, 2025
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