This show, I think, is appealing because it touches upon everything, and I wish to say that it didn't.

Wouldn't it be nice to live in a world where people didn't love hearing about guns, murder, all of that type of thing?

But they do, and they come for that.

Man: Ladies and gentlemen, you are about to see a story of murder, greed, corruption, violence, and treachery.

I'm Duncan Stewart.

I'm vice president and casting director at ARC.

And I'm Patrick Maravilla.

I am a casting associate at ARC.

♪ Come on, babe, why don't we paint the town?

♪ The casting process -- it's never an easy one.

In a musical like "Chicago," for every person that we put into that show, every star that we say yes to, we say no to hundreds of others.

So the process is arduous, but it's also thrilling and exciting and rewarding.

♪ Where the gin is cold but the piano's hot ♪ Quite often the casting directors have these great ideas of what we love and would see the show, but we're not the ones at the end of the day who says who's hired.

It is the creative team, and then it is the producer.

Sometimes it's hundreds of tapes come in and we watch -- Sometimes thousands.

Sometimes thousands.

And then, you know, we watch every single one so that we're putting forward to the team the best of the best.

♪ Give 'em the old razzle dazzle ♪ I think what it takes to be a good casting director is actually feeling something for the artists that come into the room every day and audition for you, right?

♪ Unassailable ♪ It is a privilege to witness artistry in the room each day when they come in.

♪ Give 'em the old ♪ They can't give everybody the job.

But you can give a hell of a lot of people the opportunity, and that's a huge reward.

♪ Show 'em the first-rate sorcerer you are ♪ I think what's so important for us when we're looking for people is that, like, yes, there's this idea of what these characters are, but the show has been around for so long that I think what makes people stand out is when they're able to still be 100% themselves, while still having the essence of who those characters are.

♪ Razzle dazzle 'em ♪ The creative team will build "Chicago" around them.

We don't want a carbon copy of somebody else's Roxie Hart.

We want their individual Roxie Hart, and the show gets tailored to that.

If you're a better dancer, they'll put in dance moves.

If you're not as good as a dancer, they'll take some dancer moves away, change keys, et cetera.

the show morphs and changes with the times.

♪ Where'd you come from?

♪ ♪ Mississippi ♪ ♪ And your parents?

♪ ♪ Very wealthy ♪ Maravilla: It truly does take a village to get a show running.

I mean, you have everyone that's backstage, everyone that's in the house before the show happens.

Everyone just gels so well together, which just creates this beautiful picture that not a single person could do alone.

♪ Don't remember ♪ Art is built through collaboration, and that's one of the best things about being on Broadway.

It is a family.

♪ Oh ♪ Maravilla: The most rewarding part has been, you know, getting to tell people that their dreams are coming true.

There are so many people that dream about being on Broadway, and it's those moments where, you know, you're sitting on a FaceTime with an actor telling them that they just booked it and you're both crying.

It's magical.

Together: We are Broadway.

Cast: ♪ That jazz ♪ [ Cheers and applause ]