Beulah Annan, the real Roxie Hart, in a posed jail photo for the newspapers, 1924.
Beulah Annan, the real Roxie Hart, in a posed jail photo for the newspapers, 1924.
Whew! We had a great run, and I relished directing Chicago after waiting some 30 years, but I'm glad it's over. (This is a good thing.) Now I can turn my attention back to Maurine Watkins' biography (which this production spurred on even more).
Ara Barlieb, who directed a production of the play that took place in Quakertown, PA, the same time as the Albany, oregon, production I directed, is sending pictures. You can see photos of both productions by going to the Chicago Stagings page: MaurineWatkins.com/stagings_chicago.htm and clicking on Past Productions.
—John Elliott
