"Chicago," a man standing at the side of the stage announced, as colorful lights flashed across the stage at Club LOD. And the piano tune plays. At that time, Roxy appears on the stage singing a song.
The actress who is seen in the role of Roxy is Srijana Regmi . Roxy in white hair, white dress is dancing on the stage . At that time, artist Vijay Tamrakar (Amos) appeared on the stage with an umbrella.
Amos, who plays Roxy's husband, then approaches Goffin with lawyer Cat (Elam Dixit). This is a scene from Act Two of the famous play "Chicago the Musical". On Friday, the actors were rehearsing the play on the stage like this, they were being directed by the director Alije Bynik .
Today this play 'Chicago the Musical' is being staged in the only LOD. This drama is based on the story of such women, who are involved in murder for various reasons. Most of the women in the Cook County jail have been involved in some form of murder. In this drama, the story of how those women were involved in the murder is revealed.
What kind of ups and downs do the characters such as Roxy, Amos, and Cat bring to the story? Those who have read the play written by Maureen Dallas Watkins, or have seen the film based on it, may know the story of the "Chicago" murder. Those who don't know will be able to watch Chicago's 'Murder Mystery' on the stage of LOD today. This play, which is a story of women empowerment, shows the lives of many such powerful women, who are struggling to survive.
director Alije always wanted to work on this Broadway play . This Broadway play includes performing arts, music, dance and acting. So Alije thought of how to grandly present 'Sigaco The Musical' before doing this play. When he was playing in the theater in Kathmandu, he did not like to work on the chairs, the small stage and the light.
'Chicago' is a grand and beautiful drama in itself. That's why Alije said that she decided to do 'Chicago the Musical' in LOD with the aim of making this play feel like a Broadway theater by using the club's lighting, stage and similar sound.
On Broadway, many things are happening on stage. A lot of things are happening on stage at the same time . We came to LOD to experience that,' Alije said. However, in Nepal, one sits quietly in a chair and watches a drama just like sitting in a movie. That's why we came to LOD with a play to make that experience alive.'
On Friday, Alije was busy directing the actors at LOD. Sometimes she was rehearsing the actors entering and leaving the stage, and sometimes she was making the lighting manager manage the lighting . Actress Luniva Tuladhar, who played the role of Jailer Mama Mortin, was also found at the corner of the stage . She is the jailer of the women's cell in this play.
Because of this character who can do anything for money, what facilities do women in prison get to enjoy ? Luniva worked together with Alijay in 'Ind Red and Brown Water'. Queen Latifah acted in this role in the film. When Alize Luniva approached with the offer of this role, she was nervous at first . Especially a fan of Luniva's father, Queen Latifah. He would say, can you be Queen Latifah? For me, Queen Latifah is an inspiration. That's why he had to do this role. However, she said she could not sing or dance. I had to dance and sing,' said Luniva. Actor Elam Dixit, who was found at the other corner of the
stage, was also excited about the role of the cat. The cat is the lawyer of the woman, who is involved in the murder. There are 26 actors in this play. Eelam was chosen for the role towards the end of the rehearsals. Especially actor Divya Dev told Eelam about this play and character search.
'The next day after Divya said, I went to meet Alije . 2 months have passed since the rehearsal of the play, but they did not get the character of the cat. "I got lucky," said Elam, "I got this character by accident." To me, it looks more like a play that will be performed for months in a hotel in Las Vegas than on Broadway. But, we thought of doing only one thing, I want to be able to do this thing in Chicago many times.'
