'Chicago' shows no signs of age in taut, tight production at the Palace: Review
"Chicago," set in the debauched days of the late 1920s, is a stripped-down, minimalist affair and the absence of scenic busy-ness is why all eyes are relentlessly drawn to the bodies onstage, undulating in a slow, smoky soft-shoe performed by three dancers in bowler hats, lit cigarettes dangling from their lips. Drawn to Velma in a chair, heels planted, knees splayed wide, defiantly staring down the audienc…