When the musical Chicago won the Best Picture Oscar in 2002 it was the 1st musical to do so since which 1968 film?
Chicago (2002 film) John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, "Chicago" won six Academy Awards in 2003, including Best Picture. The film was critically lauded, and was the first musical to win Best Picture since "Oliver!" in 1968. In 1924, Roxie Hart watches star Velma Kelly perform ("Overture/All That Jazz") at a Chicago theater. Wanting stardom for herself, she begins an affair with Fred Casely, who claims to know the manager. After the show, Velma is arrested for killing her husband Charlie and sister Veronica, after finding them in bed together. A month later, Casely admits to Roxie that he has no showbiz
Chicago (musical) around the world, and has toured extensively in the United States and United Kingdom. The 2002 film version of the musical won the Academy Award for Best Picture. The musical "Chicago" is based on a play of the same name by reporter and playwright Maurine Dallas Watkins, who was assigned to cover the 1924 trials of accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner for the "Chicago Tribune". In the early 1920s, Chicago's press and public became riveted by the subject of homicides committed by women. Several high-profile cases arose, which generally involved women killing their lovers or husbands. These cases