Hope all goes well with the basement.

Chicago was fabulous! I danced for 16 years and am obsessed with musicals and all things with dance... especially with choreography by Bob Fosse. Yes it did differ slightly from the stage. But for the stage, there are monetary limitations, set limitations as well as costumes being downplayed so the audience will focus on the performance. The movie was more elaborate....many different sets, different scenes able to be all spliced in to the same song, along with the costumes being able to reflect the time period. That's why some people liked the movie better than the stage...but both were fabuolus IMO.