Eddie Pensier writes:
“All I Care About Is Love” from Kander & Ebb’s Chicago, performed by the peerless Jerry Orbach on the 1976 Tony Award telecast.
Billy Flynn was charmingly and winningly played on screen years later by Richard Gere, who in my humble opinion displayed more charisma in that role than in the entire rest of his oeuvre combined. Orbach, of course, became famous as the prototypical New York police detective on “Law & Order”, but it’s surprising how many people outside NYC don’t know about his stellar musical comedy career. If you’re one of them, consider this a belated introduction to this essential theater artist.
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken
Uncouth Reflections 
Nice, though he didn’t deliver the “Physical love ain’t so bad either!” line with the requisite eyebrow vaulting leer. They don’t make musicals like “Chicago” any more.
When it comes to prototypical New York actors, my guy is Ben Gazzara, especially his work with Cassavetes.
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Did you ever notice that there is no full body shot of Richard Gere dancing in “Chicago”? You see him from the waist up or shoulders up, or the feet and legs. But no full frame of Gere tap dancing, despite the publicity from the film insisting that he really did dance in the film.
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I hadn’t noticed that, Faze. I was frankly surprised that he sang as well as he did. I thought that movie was brilliant.
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Absolutely a great movie and I suppose the last gasp of the genre.
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