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.
Who is excited?!!
