Tracy Shayne to Join CHICAGO as Roxie Hart Tonight

Beginning today, April 28, 2012, CHICAGO will welcome Tracy Shayne to the role of merry murderess Roxie Hart.

Tracy Shayne's Broadway credits include Christine in The Phantom of the Opera, Cosette in Les Misérables, Bebe in the original production of A Chorus Line and Fosse.

Off-Broadway, she appeared in the roles of Marion Froude in Biography, Martha in Missing Footage and Sunny Jacobs in The Exonerated. Her television credites include "Law & Order," "Law & Order: Criminal Intent," "Kennedy Center Honors," "Tribute to Hal Prince" and "Baryshnikov on Broadway."

She can be heard on the Grammy Award-winning symphonic recording of Les Misérables.

In the role of Roxie Hart, Ms. Shayne replaces world-renowned supermodel Christie Brinkley. Ms. Brinkley concludes her Broadway return engagement today, April 27, prior to making her Broadway national tour debut with CHICAGO in San Diego (May 8-13), Los Angeles (May 15-27) and Durham, North Carolina (July 31-August 5).

On Broadway, CHICAGO also stars Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Tony Yazbeck as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and Carol Woods as Matron "Mama" Morton.

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