Roxie (Renée Zellweger)’s Timeline and Summary

Roxie (Renée Zellweger)’s Timeline and Summary

  • 5, 6, 7, 8: Roxie watches Velma Kelly sing "All That Jazz."
  • She shoots Fred Casely and sings "Funny Honey" while her husband confesses to the crime.
  • After Amos admits he didn't do it, Roxie is thrown in the slammer, where she imagines Matron "Mama" Morton singing, "When You're Good to Mama."
  • During her first night in prison, Roxie hears the "Cell Block Tango."
  • She hires Billy Flynn, a lawyer whom she pictures singing, "All I Care About" is love.
  • He convinces Roxie to put on a performance for a press conference where she declares "We Both Reached for the Gun!"
  • Roxie reaches infamous celebrity status, and decides to sing about herself.
  • Velma Kelly asks Roxie to team up with her because "I Can't Do It Alone" but Roxie declines.
  • After some "Razzle Dazzle," Roxie is found not guilty…
  • And not-having-a-career, because another murderer steals Roxie's thunder. It's hard to stay famous "Nowadays."
  • She teams up with Velma Kelly for a bit of "Hot Honey Rag" and the two bring down the house… in Roxie's imagination.