The 10 Top-Grossing Broadway Musicals

The 10 Top-Grossing Broadway Musicals

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5) Chicago

Broadway Gross: $504.75 million
Opening Date: 11/14/1996
Closing Date: Still Running

Playbill Synopsis: Roxie Hart murders her unfaithful lover and finds herself competing with fellow jailed murderess Velma Kelly for the best lawyer — and best vaudeville bookings — in 1920s Chicago.

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