Chicago cast to join Oscar performers: Producers
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Actress Renee Zellweger, centre, appears in a scene from Chicago, in this undated promotional photo. Academy Awards producers announced on Monday that Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Queen Latifah and Richard Gere will reunite on the stage where Chicago won its Oscar 10 years ago. -- PHOTO: MIRAMAX
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Academy Awards producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron have run out of rehearsal space. Dressing rooms, too.
The award-winning production duo is planning the most performance-filled Oscar show ever. They promise a "wow moment" in each of its 13 acts, so the show demands a more dynamic stage and more dressing rooms and rehearsal time than previous Oscar productions.
"I don't think any Oscars have been as performance-based," Mr Meron said.
It's no surprise, given the pair's hit-filled history: They produced 2003's best picture, Chicago, and count TV's Smash and the recent Broadway revival of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying among their credits.
