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'Passions' Apes 'Chicago' with Musical Number "Chicago" may have had Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones and all that jazz, but it didn't have a monkey.
For that, viewers will have to turn to NBC's soap opera "Passions" on Friday (June 27). The out-there daytime drama will feature its first musical number in the episode -- one that's based on the "cell-block" tango sequence from the Broadway show and Oscar-winning film. "I couldn't have been happier with how it came out," executive producer Lisa de Cazotte says, "and I think the audience will enjoy seeing a whole different side of our talented cast."
The musical number is called "I Ain't Sorry," and it vocalizes Mrs. Wallace's (Kathleen Noone) fear that she, her daughter Beth (Kelli McCarty) and Beth's friend Charlie (Jordan Baker) are prison-bound for kidnapping heiress Sheridan Crane (McKenzie Westmore). The three kidnappers sing and dance, backed by a group of six Broadway dancers and BamBam the orangutan, who plays Mrs. Wallace's companion, Precious.
The musical number required a change in the soap's usual episode-a-day taping schedule. The performers rehearsed for 10 days prior to taping the sequence and went through a full dress rehearsal the day before. Related Shows
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