Chicago vs. Orange Is The New Black

Super 2-3

 

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

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