How about a bit of murder to start out, with some greed and corruption for the main course and top it off with a whole lot of sex appeal. What do you get? A night at Eisenhower Auditorium.

The racy, steamy, sultry musical Chicago is sauntering across Penn State's own stage tonight at 7:30 p.m. to a sold-out crowd.

The sizzling story unfolds during the jazz-age of the mid 1920s with the Windy City as its backdrop. Roxie Hart, femme fatale of her day, chooses to murder her unfaithful husband. Through the aid of her lawyer, Hart is able to avoid jail and uses the trial to promote her showbiz career.

In midst of all this, Hart meets up with sometimes friend sometimes enemy Velma Kelly, another showgirl. In her spare time she shoots and kills her sister, the other half of her act, after she finds her in bed with her husband.

Bob Fosse, John Kander and Fred Ebb created this show with the luscious ladies and it was released on Broadway June 3, 1975. Many believe that Chicago was overshadowed by the release of A Chorus Line and did not receive much acclaim or success until its revival.

Fosse was the son of a vaudevillian and was born into the theatre. By the age of 13 he was touring with his own dance act. He began his career as a dancer in Chicago and went on to direct and choreograph several shows, such as Sweet Charity, Cabaret and Pippin. He finished out his career with nine Tony awards and one Oscar.

Kander began his career as a pianist for The Amazing Adele in 1956. By 1962 he made his Broadway debut as a composer with A Family Affair, although the show was not a success he met his future partner Ebb.

For several years Ebb had been writing material for night club acts, revues and satirical television. Prior to meeting Kander, he also experienced a flop on Broadway. The two joined up forces and in their first year, they had their first success with the song, "My Coloring Book."

Kander and Ebb have received great acclaim and many shows they have been involved with have won several Tony Awards like as Cabaret, Woman of the Year, Kiss of the Spider Woman and Chicago.

The show has been known for its wide showcase of stars that have played the roles of the leading ladies, women like Jasmine Guy, Vicki Lewis and Bebe Neuwirth.

Guy is mainly remembered for her role of Whitley on A Different World back in the early 90s. Recently she portrayed the role of Velma in the Broadway production of Chicago.

Lewis, a native of Cincinnati, is well known for her role of Beth on the TV series Radio News, she also portrayed the role of Velma. Now she is a part of the trio of sisters on NBC's new show Three Sisters.

Neuwirth is most well known for her portrayal of Lilith Crane on the hit TV series Cheers and her recurring appearances of the series Frasier. Neuwirth was the first to play the role of Velma in the Broadway revival of the show, she won a Tony Award for her performance and the show walked away with five other Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival.

An excerpt from the lead song, "All That Jazz" best sums up the night audiences can expect to have. "Start the car I know a whoopi spot where the gin is cold, but the piano's hot it's a noisy hall with a nightly brawl and all that jazz."