Original material
“Chicago,” the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins
“Orange Is The New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison,” the 2010 memoir by Piper Kerman
Setting
Chicago: 1920s
Orange Is The New Black: Present time
Jail
Chicago: Chicago’s Cook County Jail
Orange Is The New Black: Litchfield Correctional Facility in Upstate New York
Partners in crimes
Chicago: Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly
Orange Is The New Black: Piper Chapman and Alex Vause
Funny honey
Chicago: Amos Hart
Orange Is The New Black: Larry Bloom
Prison Mama
Chicago: Mama Morton
Orange Is The New Black: Red
The inmates
Chicago: Liz, Annie, June, Hunyak, Mona
Orange Is The New Black: Crazy Eyes, Sophia, Big Boo, Pennsatucky, Nicky, Morello, Taystee, Yoga
Longevity
Chicago debuted on Broadway in 1975; the revival opened in 1996 and hasn’t stopped since
Orange Is The New Black first came out in 2013, has had two successful seasons with a third one currently being filmed
Awards
The Broadway revival won the Tony for Best Revival of a Musical, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Direction, Best Choreography, Best Lighting Design while the London revival won the Laurence Olivier Award for Oustanding Musical Production and Best Actress in a Musical (the movie version won a number of awards too)
An Emmy for Best Supporting Actress and Outstanding Casting for Comedy Series plus a People’s Choice Award for Favorite Streaming Series, Critics’ Choice Award for Best Comedy and a GLAAD award for Outsanding Comedy Series