Beulah Annan
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Beulah May Annan was an American suspected murderer. Her story inspired Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1926. The play was adapted into a 1927 silent film, a 1975 stage musical, and a 2002 mo
Annan circa April 4, 1924, the day after the murder
Annan, with her attorney William Scott Stewart (left) and husband (right), c. April 1924
Chicago (musical)
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Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Chicago in the Jazz Age, the musical is based on the 1926 play of the same name by M
Beulah Annan
…was an American suspected murderer. Her story inspired Maurine Dallas Watkins's play Chicago in 1926. The play was adapted into a 1927 silent film, a 1975 stage musical, and a 2002 movie musical (which won the Academy Award for Best Picture), all with that title, and a 1942 romantic comedy film, Roxie Hart, named for…
Original Broadway poster art
M. O'Haughey as Mary Sunshine and Jerry Orbach as Billy Flynn in the original Broadway cast, 1976
Chicago: The Musical at the Ambassador Theatre, New York, May 2010
Chicago playing at the West End's Cambridge Theatre in December 2010