Phantom Of The Opera Play Analysis

I attended a production of Chicago at the Tennessee Preforming Arts Center’s Andrew Johnson Theatre on March 18, 2016 at 7:30 PM. I chose to see this play for a couple of reasons. The fist reason is because it was free and secondly because my cousin, Neely Scott, is in the play. She plays the Hungarian lady, Hunyak. I arrived at the theatre early enough to walk around because I wanted to soak in the whole experience. There were many people at the theater that night, most of whom were going to watch Phantom of the Opera, dressed in a variety of ways. They were wearing everything from suits and ties to shorts and tee shirts. I was escorted by an usher into a room with a thrust stage in the middle with bleachers in front and tables and chairs on the sides. At first there were only about fifty people, but by the time that the small orchestra stopped warming up by playing some jazz music and the lights went down to begin the play, there were about two hundred people sitting all around the stage. The patrons seemed to be of a variety of different demographics with the slight majority being middle aged caucasian men and women.
The play is about a young woman, Roxie Hart, who enjoys sleeping around on her husband. She shoots one of her many lovers for walking out on her and convinces her husband Amos that
During one of Billy’s visit to the jail, Velma shows him some of her ideas for her upcoming trial that are stolen by Roxie. Billy is able to get Roxie acquitted, but as soon as the verdict is returned, another exciting crime is committed, and all of the press rushes out of the room. Billy also leaves her, but Amos stays. He is glad that his wife is free and very excited about the baby. When Roxie reveals that there is no baby, Amos finally leaves her. Roxie teams up with Velma in the sister act show she had previously turned down to end the