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  2. Chicago (musical) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is a 1975 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 a 1926 play of the same title by Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes on which she reported. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of ...

  3. Phrase (music) - Wikipedia

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    Period built of two five-bar phrases in Haydn's Feldpartita in B ♭, Hob. II:12. [1] Diagram of a period consisting of two phrases [2] [3] [4]. In music theory, a phrase (Greek: φράση) is a unit of musical meter that has a complete musical sense of its own, [5] built from figures, motifs, and cells, and combining to form melodies, periods and larger sections.

  4. Everything's Coming Up Roses - Wikipedia

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    In a 2004 segment on Sesame Street, Harvey Fierstein parodies the song as “Everything’s Coming Up Noses” by giving Anything Muppets different noses and to teach the viewers in song what noses are good for. The song appears in the first season of The Sandman, performed by John Cameron Mitchell. Mitchell's character, Hal Carter, sings the ...

  5. Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture - Wikipedia

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    Chicago: Music from the Miramax Motion Picture is a soundtrack album featuring all of the original songs of the 2002 Best Picture Academy Award-winning musical film Chicago starring Renée Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah, John C. Reilly, Mýa Harrison and Christine Baranski.

  6. Chicago (2002 film) - Wikipedia

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    Chicago is a 2002 American musical black comedy crime film based on the 1975 stage musical, which in turn originated in the 1926 play.It explores the themes of celebrity, scandal, and corruption in Chicago during the Jazz Age. [3]

  7. Of Thee I Sing - Wikipedia

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    Of Thee I Sing is a musical with a score by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and a book by George S. Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind.The musical lampoons American politics; the story concerns John P. Wintergreen, who runs for President of the United States on the "love" platform.

  8. As Thousands Cheer - Wikipedia

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    As Thousands Cheer is a revue with a book by Moss Hart and music and lyrics by Irving Berlin, first performed in 1933.The revue contained satirical sketches and witty or poignant musical numbers, several of which became standards, including "Heat Wave", "Easter Parade" and "Harlem on my Mind".

  9. A Bushel and a Peck - Wikipedia

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    The song was introduced in the Broadway musical Guys and Dolls, [1] which opened at the 46th Street Theater on November 24, 1950. It was performed on stage by Vivian Blaine and a women's chorus as a nightclub act at the Hot Box. It is the first of two nightclub performances in the musical.