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Chicago 50 - No. 1 - Leading Ladies
To learn about the history of the 1975 musical Chicago,  we must actually look back over 100 years to 1924. Our story begins with two real-life murderesses, Buelah Annan (left) and Belva Gaertner (right), who were charged with killing their husbands in Cook County, Chicago. Their stories were sensationalized in the newspapers by journalists, including reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, whose articles highlighted the women's beauty and the unlikely prospect of either of them bei
Lauryn Johnson
2 days ago


Happy 90th Birthday, Chita Rivera!
Happy 90th Birthday Chita Rivera! Here she performs “I Got Plenty O’ Nothin” on the Judy Garland Show (ep. 17 aired Jan 1964).
Lauryn Johnson
Jan 23, 2023
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