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The Amity High School Theater Department is hard at work rehearsing six days a week for the spring play, “Chicago, The Musical.”

Based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins (which was based on real events), Chicago is, as we are told in the show’s opening lines, “a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery -- all the things we hold near and dear to our hearts."

The story revolves around Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who dreams of starring in vaudeville just like her murdering idol Velma Kelly. She kills her lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to front the money to hire Chicago's shrewdest defense lawyer.

The lawyer, Billy Flynn, turns her crime of passion into celebrity headlines, and Roxie becomes the toast of Chicago -- until other crimes pull the limelight away from her.

Singing, Dancing, Comedy and Intrigue; Chicago the Musical has it all!  

This year’s cast includes Zachary Small as the Master of Ceremonies, Kim Simon, last year’s winner of Best Actress in a High School Musical in CT, as Velma Kelly and Lauren Larkin as Roxy Hart.

Performances will take place at Amity High School April 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th & 9th 2011 at 8 p.m. Tickets will be $17.  

Tickets will be on sale soon, so stay tuned to Patch for box office information. As you know from past experience, good seats (and entire performances) for Amity musicals sell out quickly.

Here are some photos from last Monday’s rehearsal.