• 2.9 million people have seen the show in London since it opened in 1997. The Adelphi Theatre production has taken £83 million in ticket sales - £300,000 a week
  • As of last night, the West End show, staged six days a week, had reached 2,532 performances
  • The musical is based on a true crime story from the front page of the Chicago Tribune in the 1920s
  • The 2002 film, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and RenÈe Zellweger, won six Oscars

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