E!, the cable TV service, plans to cover the opening night of Chicago on Broadway live from the Richard Rodgers Theatre 6:30-7 PM (ET) Thursday Nov. 14.
The special will include backstage interviews, rehearsal footage and footage from the show, which stars Anne Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton and Joel Grey.
Reinking also choreographed this revival ("in the style of" the original, Bob Fosse) of the 1975 John Kander & Fred Ebb musical about a woman catapulted to fame and fortune when she becomes the subject of a sensationalistic murder trial.
Just days later, on Monday, Nov. 18, the cast will go into the recording studio to make a cast album for RCA. Release is tentatively scheduled for January 1997.
The E! special will be rebroadcast several times in the ensuing weeks.
