Nowadays/Hot Honey Rag from Chicago is featured in The Substitute, the seventh episode of Season Two. It is sung by Holly and Rachel.
In Glee Club, Rachel asked Will if they could sing a "show-tune with a nice dance beat," and he turned her down immediately, saying that he found a Journey song they haven't done yet. Holly gets on Rachel's good side, when she suggests that Rachel should loosen up and asks if there's anything she's ever wanted to do that she hadn't been able to do before. Rachel talks about the number, and they perform the song in the way Rachel had wanted to do before. They then perform the number in front of the rest of the glee club.
Many aspects of the choreography, costumes, and decor used during their performance has a striking similarity to that used in the movie version of the musical Chicago.
Rachel and Holly:
You can like the life you're living
You can live the life you like
You can even marry Harry, but mess around with Ike
And that's good
Isn't it? Grand
Isn't it? Great
Isn't it? Swell
Isn't it? Fun
Isn't it? But nothing stays
In fifty years or so
It's gonna change, you know
But, oh, it's heaven
Nowadays
(Instrumental)
And all that
Jazz!
Trivia
The second song from the musical Chicago featured in the show. The first is Mr. Cellophane, the third being Cell Block Tango and the fourth is All That Jazz. Interestingly, their respective seasons in which they are performed is 1, 2, 3 and 4.
Since Nowadays is the closing number of the musical Chicago and All That Jazz (performed by Rachel and Cassandra in Swan Song) is the opening number, Rachel has sung both the opening and closing number from the musical Chicago.
Both songs were performed by Rachel and one of her female teachers.
Errors
During the performance by Rachel and Holly, a number of bulbs on the light board switched between a working and broken state in different shots.
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