Curtis High School's Chicago

In roaring twenties Chicago, chorine Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband to take the rap...until he finds out he has been duped and turns on her. Convicted to death and sent to death row, Roxie and another "merry murderess", Velma Kelly, vie for the spotlight and headlines, ultimately joining forces in the search for the "American Dream": fame, fortune, and acquittal.