CHICAGO
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Ambassador Theatre
Opened on Broadway: November 14, 1996 Performances: 9,498 (as of 9/22/19) Director: Walter Bobbie Choreographer: Ann Reinking Book: Fred Ebb & Bob Fosse Music & Lyrics: Fred Ebb Runtime: 2hr. 30min. (1 Intermission) Opening Night Cast: Ann Reinking as Roxie Hart Bebe Neuwirth as Velma Kelly James Naughton as Billy Flynn Joel Grey as Amos Hart Marcia Lewis as Matron Morton Current Cast: Erika Jayne as Roxie Hart Amyra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly Paul Szot as Billy Flynn Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart Raena White as Matron Morton Understudies: For Roxie Hart: Jessica Ernest & Rachel Schur For Velma Kelly: Mary Claire King & Pilar Millhollen For Billy Flynn: Gary Cooper & Drew Nellessen For Amos Hart: Gary Cooper & Brian O'Brien For Matron Morton: Pilar Millhollen & Rachel Schur Actors/Actresses Who've Played In the Show: Roxie: Ann Reinking, Mel B, Christie Brinkley, Belle Calaway, Dylis Croman, Charlotte d'Amboise, Paige Davis, Michelle DeJean, Kara DioGuardi, Bryn Dowling, Sandy Duncan, Veronica Dunne, Charlotte Kate Fox, Robin Givens, Melanie Griffith, Melora Hardin, Marilu Henner, Ruthie Henshall, Anne Horak, Robyn Hurder, Bonnie Langford, Shiri Maimon, Bianca Marroquín, Gretchen Mol, Jennifer Nettles, Bebe Neuwirth, Petra Nielsen, Brandy Norwood, Desi Oakley, Denise van Outen, Tracy Shayne, Brooke Shields, Amy Spanger, Michelle T. Williams, Rumer Willis, Rita Wilson, Ryoko Yonekura, Karen Ziemba, Erika Jayne Velma: Bebe Neuwirth, Donna Marie Asbury, Brenda Braxton, Roxane Carrasco, Pia Douwes, Mamie Duncan-Gibbs, Deidre Goodwin, Lana Gordon, Jasmine Guy, Mya Harrison, Ruthie Henshall, Nancy Hess, Bahiyah Hibah, Carly Hughes, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Sharon Lawrence, Ute Lemper, Vicki Lewis, Luba Mason, Anna Montanaro, Tara C. McLeod, Caroline O'Connor, Stephanie Pope, Reva Rice, Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, Naomi C. Walley, Michelle Williams, Amra-Faye Wright, Leigh Zimmerman Billy: James Naughton, Brent Barrett, Hinton Battle, Obba Babatundé, Michael Berresse, Wayne Brady, Jaime Camil, Philip Casnoff, Maxwell Caulfield, Chuck Cooper, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jason Danieley, Taye Diggs, Colman Domingo, John Dossett, Bernard Dotson, Christopher Fitzgerald, Alexander Gemignani, Eddie George, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Michael C. Hall, Todrick Hall, George Hamilton, Harry Hamlin, Gregory Harrison, Ivan Hernandez, Tom Hewitt, Gregory Jbara, Joey Lawrence, Huey Lewis, Norm Lewis, Jeff McCarthy, Christopher McDonald, Brian McKnight, Paul Alexander Nolan, John O'Hurley, Adam Pascal, Clarke Peters, Ron Raines, Kevin Richardson, Matthew Settle, Chaz Lamar Shepherd, Christopher Sieber, Ryan Silverman, Jerry Springer, Patrick Swayze, Alan Thicke, Robert Ulrich, Tom Wopat, Tony Yazbeck, Eric Jordan Young, Billy Zane, Marco Zunino, Jeff McFlynn, Paul Szot Amos: Joel Grey, Rob Bartlett, PJ Benjamin, Raymond Bokhour, Todd Buonopane, Kevin Chamberlain, Robert Creighton, Cory English, Christopher Fitzgerald, Evan Harrington, Tom McGowan, Vincent Pastore, Ron Raines, Kevin Richardson, Ernie Sabella, Chris Sullivan, Robert Ulrich, Paul Vogt, Bruce Winant, Billy Zane Matron: Marcia Lewis, Kandi Burruss, BJ Crosby, LaVon Fisher-Wilson, Carmen Ruby Floyd, Debbie Gravitte, Jennifer Holliday, Cady Huffman, Alix Korey, NeNe Leakes, Adriane Lenox, Marcia Lewis, Kecia Lewis-Evans, Debra Monk, Michele Pawk, Christine Pedi, Roz Ryan, Camile Saviola, Valerie Simpson, Angie Stone, Haley Swindal, Mary Testa, Aida Turturro, Sofia Vergara, Lillias White, Raena White, Terri White, NaTasha Yvette Williams, Wendy Williams, Carol Woods |
Synopsis:
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.