SHE HAD IT COMIN’!!! Since Broadway is back, Tony and Emmy winner Kristin Chenoweth is continuing to push of finally getting herself back on stage. We’ve seen her attempt to go in for Come From Away, Dear Evan Hansen, Waitress, and even attempting to fly back into WICKED. However, Chenoweth is NOT giving up.
On her next audition stop, the 4’11 versatile stage and screen star decided to boost her game up by one thing….. GIVE EM’ THE OLD RAZZLE DAZZLE….. AND ALL THAT JAZZ. In this hilarious video, she is attempting to become the MERRY MURDERESS in the Award winning revival of Chicago. Can Kristin Chenoweth impress long running leading leady Bianca Marroquin with her Bob Fosse dance skills outside the production’s home at the Ambassador Theatre?!!!
5-6-7-8!!!! Earlier today, the full Broadway Orchestra of the long running revival of Chicago have reunited and is back in the Jury Box!!! Get ready to feel that old RAZZLE DAZZLE once again with that iconic Kander and Ebb score coming back to life.
Here is the CHICAGO orchestra (conducted by Rob Bowman) rehearsing the show’s legendary OVERTURE for the first time in over 18 months.
CHICAGO is set to once again have audiences REACH FOR THE GUN at the Ambassador Theatre starting September 14th, 2021.
IS EVERYBODY HERE?! IS EVERYBODY READY?!!! It has just been announced that Celebrated Opera star and Tony Award winner Paulo Szot (Broadway’s Lincoln Center Theater revival of South Pacific) is set to return to the long running revival of Chicago when Broadway returns next month. The acclaimed Brazilian Baritone will once again take on the iconic role of THE SILVER TOUNGED PRINCE OF THE COURTROOM himself, “Billy Flynn”.
Szot previously played the role for a 4 week limited engagement back in 2019. He initially was scheduled to return for a full limited Spring engagement back in 2020. However, CHICAGO like most Broadway shows got abruptly shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic,
He joins the full previously announced casting of….
Bianca Marroquin who will now graduate from playing “Roxie Hart” after over 20 YEARS and 4,000 performances to now playing the role of Queen MERRY MURDERESS herself “Velma Kelly”,
Ana Villafañe (Broadway’s ON YOUR FEET and TV’s New Amsterdam and the upcoming Night Court) will step into the role of aspiring vaudeville star turned killer “Roxie Hart”,
Tony winning legend Lillias White (Broadway’s Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Carrie, The Life, Once On This Island, Fela along with various films and TV shows) will return to the long-running production playing THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS, THE COUNTESS OF THE CLINK, and the MISTRESS OF MURDEROUS ROW herself “Matron “Mama” Morton”,
longtime cast member Ray Bokhour will return as MR. CELLOPHANE himself “Amos Hart”,
longtime cast member Ryan Lowe returns as gullible and optimistic operatic reporter “Mary Sunshine”,
and
a full Ensemble.
CHICAGO will once again have Broadway audience REACH FOR THE GUN….. AND ALL THAT JAZZ starting September 14th, 2021 at the Ambassador Theatre.
RAZZLE DAZZLE NEWS!!!! THEY HAD IT COMIN’ indeed!!! Casting has been announced for the return of the legendary long running revival of Chicago on Broadway this Fall. Set to REACH FOR THE GUN 8 times a week…… AND ALL THAT JAZZ….. will include a lineup of familiar cast members and newbies….. fully diverse!!!
Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and featuring the iconic Bob Fosse choreography that was re-updated and staged by the late Ann Reinking, CHICAGO’s returning cast will include…..
Bianca Marroquin who will now graduate from playing “Roxie Hart” after over 20 YEARS and 4,000 performances to now playing the role of Queen MERRY MURDERESS herself “Velma Kelly”,
Ana Villafañe (Broadway’s ON YOUR FEET and TV’s New Amsterdam and the upcoming Night Court) will step into the role of aspiring vaudeville star turned killer “Roxie Hart”,
Tony winning legend Lillias White (Broadway’s Barnum, Dreamgirls, Cats, Carrie, Once On This Island, Fela along with various films and TV shows) will return to the long-running production playing THE KEEPER OF THE KEYS, THE COUNTESS OF THE CLINK, and the MISTRESS OF MURDEROUS ROW herself “Matron “Mama” Morton”,
longtime cast member Ray Bokhour will return as MR. CELLOPHANE himself “Amos Hart”,
longtime cast member Ryan Lowe returns as gullible and optimistic operatic reporter “Mary Sunshine”,
and
a full Ensemble.
Casting for the role of THE SILVER TOUNGE PRINCE OF THE COURTROOM himself “Billy Flynn” will announced at a later time.
CHICAGO is set to make Broadway HOT once again starting September 14th, 2021 at the Ambassador Theatre.
HELLO BROADWAY FANS! You are AGAIN waking up with New York Broadway Tour’s Top 30 Tony Awards countdown playing you some of the best performances on the Tony telecasts in the past. We are only 16 days away from Broadway’s Biggest Night of the year
At #16 on our countdown is one of Broadway’s most popular crime shows. As the opening line of this show says, this is a story of MURDER, GREED, CORRUPTION, VIOLENCE, EXPLOITATION, ADULTERY, & TREACHERY. We of course are talking about Kander & Ebb‘s dark murder classic?Chicago The Musical. It was also co-written and features the iconic choreography of Bob Fosse.
From the 1997 telecast, Tony winners Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, and original cast members of the long running revival perform a medley of ALL THAT JAZZ and HOT HONEY RAG.
CHICAGO first premiered on Broadway at the 46th Street Theatre (now the Richard Rodgers Theatre) in 1975 starring Tony winners Chita Rivera,Gwen Verdon, and the late Jerry Orbach running for 936 performances. It was nominated for 10 Tony Awards that same year including Best Musical but lost all of it’s categories. The current (and 1st) revival of the show started out in 1996 as a concert production for the New York City Center?Encores series (starring Bebe Neuwirth, Ann Reinking, James Naughton, and the legendary Joel Grey). Because the production got critical success, producers Barry Weissler and Fran Weissler brought the production and transferred it to Broadway. It first started out at the Richard Rodgers Theatre (where the original production previously was) before transferring twice to the Shubert Theatre (a few months after it opened) and then to it’s “still up & running” home at the Ambassador Theatre (in 2003). The revival was nominated for 8 Tony Awards in 1997 winning 6 including Best Revival Of A Musical. In 2014, it surpassed the original production of Cats the Musical (which played 7,485 performance) and currently holds the distinction as the 2nd Longest Running Show in Broadway History. The revival is well known for having a huge lineup of celebrities having their attempts on doing Broadway and Musical Theatre. It continues to play to packed houses (On Broadway and Around The World) every night. So far on Broadway, it has played over 8,100 performances. This year, the revival will be celebrating it’s spectacular 20th Anniversary.
