BEIRUT: The first Arabic version of the famous musical “Chicago” opens this weekend in Beirut at the Salle des Ambassadeurs at the Casino du Liban, with performances on May 5, 6, and 8. “Chicago” was written in 1975 by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse. It is based on a 1926 play in which journalist Maurine Dallas Watkins fictionalized real-life crimes and their perpetrators, drawing