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Gere, Zeta-Jones, Zellweger Wow Audiences in Chicago

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Broadcast: Jan 04 2003

 

It's been 28 years since Chicago: A Musical 1)Vaudeville1 first opened on Broadway. The witty2 songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb3 and the razzle-dazzle staging and 2)choreography of co-writer Bob Fosse. It an instant hit that has been revived numerous times (in fact, it's still running); but for a quarter century Chicago resisted all efforts to turn it into a film . . . until now.

The story of celebrity4 and murder . . . of women who killed the lovers who did them wrong is set at the end of the 'roaring 20's.' It opens in a steamy jazz club in old Chicago.

As star attraction Velma Kelley 3)vamps onstage, Roxie Hart watches from the audience and dreams of being a star herself.

But Roxie's path to fame takes a detour5 to the Cook County Jail where she joins her idol6 Velma in a chorus of women sent up for killing7 their lovers.

Between the chorines is Billy Flynn, the slickest attorney in town, who does his singing and dancing in front of a judge and jury.

As Billy Flynn it's no surprise that Richard Gere can sing. Musical theater was part of his early career, but Gere says learning to tap and dance at the same time was something new . . . and 4)humiliating.

"You think you have a connection with your feet because you've been using them your whole life, but you don't," Gere says. " First of all, it's a real workout; it's like a boxer's workout.(you know) and to do the simplest step in repetition is impossible. The nerves are not there, the muscles are not there and it literally8 was months before anything would happen that would make me feel relatively9 comfortable about it."

Catherine Zeta-Jones sang and danced before her movie career; but now 33, the Welsh-born actress admits getting into shape to play Velma was a task.

"I started dancing when I was a kid. I did musical comedy as a teenager, then I stopped," she says. "That was another life. I never picked up another pair of dance shoes again."

"Cut to I'm there …like go the first day of rehearsals10 looking behind me at the best dancers in the world [and asking] 'Why am I out in front? Can I go behind that girl? The really good one who's really pretty, too. I don't want to be up front.' But it took me a long time to get into the swing, and many a hot salt bath to ease the pain."

It was all new for Renee Zellweger, who had no musical theater experience.

"You're using muscles you didn't know were there," says Zellweger. "The 'high heel' muscles were definitely new and needed some developing, that's for sure."

But as Roxie she learned how exciting it can be when all the pieces the singing, the dancing, the lights and the all come together, especially in her big number staged in front of a series of mirrors.

"Peter, the camera operator had to be there in the mirror. I had to see him when I made the turns and if I stepped just an inch that way too far, then it was no good," explains Zellweger. " If I turned my head wrong or missed the word or any of these things or so many things could go wrong: if the light didn't come over at the right time, if one of the guy dancers had a moment where he went - 'what am I doing?' we'd have to start all over again. So we go in to it: turn and look in the mirror - please God, let him be there. He's there! two more steps turn into the mirror. He's there, yes! Go this way three more steps do the thing, turn, sing the song, don't forget the words, don't forget your face, don't forget touching11 the mirror, more your shoulder, don't get tangled12 and.... he's there! This went on for five minutes. It's a sequence that doesn't stop and everything kept going right. Every time something went right, the pressure would pile up. 'Don't mess it up now.' And we did it.... the back walk over and out the door and they were still rolling on the guys and I was jumping up and down just outside the frame because it all went right!"

Chicago is directed and choreographed13 by Rob Marshall. The cast also includes wonderful turns by John C. Reilly and Queen Latifah.

Alan Silverman for the VOA, in Hollywood.

 

1.    Vaudeville [5vEudEvil, -vi:l]n.歌舞杂耍

2.    choreography [7kC(:)ri5C^rEfi]n.舞蹈术, 舞台舞蹈

3.    vamp [vamp]vi.[音]即席伴奏, 勾引

4.    humiliating [hjU:`mIlIeItIN]adj.羞辱性的


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1 vaudeville Oizw4     
n.歌舞杂耍表演
参考例句:
  • The standard length of a vaudeville act was 12 minutes.一个杂耍节目的标准长度是12分钟。
  • The mayor talk like a vaudeville comedian in his public address.在公共演讲中,这位市长讲起话来像个歌舞杂耍演员。
2 witty GMmz0     
adj.机智的,风趣的
参考例句:
  • Her witty remarks added a little salt to the conversation.她的妙语使谈话增添了一些风趣。
  • He scored a bull's-eye in their argument with that witty retort.在他们的辩论中他那一句机智的反驳击中了要害。
3 ebb ebb     
vi.衰退,减退;n.处于低潮,处于衰退状态
参考例句:
  • The flood and ebb tides alternates with each other.涨潮和落潮交替更迭。
  • They swam till the tide began to ebb.他们一直游到开始退潮。
4 celebrity xcRyQ     
n.名人,名流;著名,名声,名望
参考例句:
  • Tom found himself something of a celebrity. 汤姆意识到自己已小有名气了。
  • He haunted famous men, hoping to get celebrity for himself. 他常和名人在一起, 希望借此使自己获得名气。
5 detour blSzz     
n.绕行的路,迂回路;v.迂回,绕道
参考例句:
  • We made a detour to avoid the heavy traffic.我们绕道走,避开繁忙的交通。
  • He did not take the direct route to his home,but made a detour around the outskirts of the city.他没有直接回家,而是绕到市郊兜了个圈子。
6 idol Z4zyo     
n.偶像,红人,宠儿
参考例句:
  • As an only child he was the idol of his parents.作为独子,他是父母的宠儿。
  • Blind worship of this idol must be ended.对这个偶像的盲目崇拜应该结束了。
7 killing kpBziQ     
n.巨额利润;突然赚大钱,发大财
参考例句:
  • Investors are set to make a killing from the sell-off.投资者准备清仓以便大赚一笔。
  • Last week my brother made a killing on Wall Street.上个周我兄弟在华尔街赚了一大笔。
8 literally 28Wzv     
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实
参考例句:
  • He translated the passage literally.他逐字逐句地翻译这段文字。
  • Sometimes she would not sit down till she was literally faint.有时候,她不走到真正要昏厥了,决不肯坐下来。
9 relatively bkqzS3     
adv.比较...地,相对地
参考例句:
  • The rabbit is a relatively recent introduction in Australia.兔子是相对较新引入澳大利亚的物种。
  • The operation was relatively painless.手术相对来说不痛。
10 rehearsals 58abf70ed0ce2d3ac723eb2d13c1c6b5     
n.练习( rehearsal的名词复数 );排练;复述;重复
参考例句:
  • The earlier protests had just been dress rehearsals for full-scale revolution. 早期的抗议仅仅是大革命开始前的预演。
  • She worked like a demon all through rehearsals. 她每次排演时始终精力过人。 来自《简明英汉词典》
11 touching sg6zQ9     
adj.动人的,使人感伤的
参考例句:
  • It was a touching sight.这是一幅动人的景象。
  • His letter was touching.他的信很感人。
12 tangled e487ee1bc1477d6c2828d91e94c01c6e     
adj. 纠缠的,紊乱的 动词tangle的过去式和过去分词
参考例句:
  • Your hair's so tangled that I can't comb it. 你的头发太乱了,我梳不动。
  • A movement caught his eye in the tangled undergrowth. 乱灌木丛里的晃动引起了他的注意。
13 choreographed e69e62ff0b4ac8f0ef92f76df34833c1     
v.设计舞蹈动作( choreograph的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句:
  • There was some carefully choreographed flag-waving as the President drove by. 总统的车经过时,人们按精心编排的动作挥舞着旗帜。
  • Achim had choreographed the dance in Act II himself. 阿希姆自己设计了第2幕的舞蹈动作。 来自辞典例句
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