<P> Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander , lyrics by Fred Ebb , and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse . Set in Jazz Age Chicago , the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on . The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the `` celebrity criminal '' . </P>
<P> Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander , lyrics by Fred Ebb , and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse . Set in Jazz Age Chicago , the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on . The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the `` celebrity criminal '' . </P>
who wrote the music for the musical chicago
who wrote the music for the musical chicago
John Kander Fred Ebb
John Kander Fred Ebb