ALL THAT JAZZ

ALL THAT JAZZ [Chicago; 1975; music by John Kander; lyrics by Fred Ebb] Chicago has become Bob Fosse’s immortality, especially with having the longest running revival long after his death. And Kander and Ebb turned out to be the ideal songwriters for Fosse’s darker vision of the world. “All That Jazz,” Chicago’s ribald opener, reeks of Fosse in all of the best ways-cynical, sly, cheeky, sexy, violent, and full of the seedy side of life. It’s a Fosse wet dream