On Monday, September 7, Broadway's Tony Award-winning, razzle-dazzle hit musical CHICAGO will kick-off the fall season by welcoming back four spectacular audience favorites: Bonnie Langford as Roxie Hart, Deidre Goodwin as Velma Kelly, Tom Hewitt as Billy Flynn and Kecia Lewis-Evans as Matron "Mama" Morton.
Bonnie Langford first played Roxie Hart on Broadway earlier this year, after having appeared in the West End production of CHICAGO at both at the Adelphi Theatre and the Cambridge Theatre. Her other UK theatrical credits include Sweet Charity, Me and My Girl, Peter Pan, Cats and most recently Adelaide in the
Donmar Warehouse production of Guys and Dolls.
After a six-year hiatus,
Deidre Goodwin returns to the role of Velma Kelly this September following her most-recent appearance on Broadway as Sheila in the 2006 revival of A Chorus Line. Her other Broadway credits include Nine, The Boys from Syracuse, Jesus Christ Superstar and The Rocky Horror Show. Goodwin also appeared in the original Broadway production of
Chita Rivera: The Dancer's Life and created the role of Velma in Never Gonna Dance.
Tom Hewitt is a Tony Award nominee for his performance as Frank N. Furter in Broadway's The Rocky Horror Show. His other Broadway credits include title role in Dracula, The Musical; The Boys from Syracuse; Scar in The Lion King and The Sisters Rosensweig.
Kecia Lewis-Evans' Broadway credits include The Drowsy Chaperone, Once on This Island, Ain't Misbehavin', Big River, The Gospel at Colonus and Dreamgirls, directed by
Michael Bennett. She received a 2005 Drama Desk nomination for her performance in the
Lincoln Center Theater production of
Dessa Rose.
Langford, Goodwin, Hewitt and Lewis-Evans join Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.
(
Deidre Goodwin will not perform Thursday, September 17 through Tuesday, September 22.)
Now celebrating more than twelve glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is now the seventh longest-running production in Broadway history ... and shows no sign of ever slowing down!
CHICAGO features a book by
Fred Ebb and
Bob Fosse, music by
John Kander and lyrics by
Fred Ebb, and is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, CHICAGO is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her 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.
Directed by
Walter Bobbie and choreographed by
Ann Reinking, CHICAGO features set design by
John Lee Beatty, costume design by
William Ivey Long, lighting design by
Ken Billington and sound design by
Scott Lehrer.
Produced by Barry and
Fran Weissler, CHICAGO has become a worldwide phenomenon with productions in 24 countries and 11 languages since 1996.
The record-breaking London production of CHICAGO continues to hold the record as the longest-running American musical in West End history. CHICAGO is also on tour throughout the U.S. and Canada, as well as international tours in Australia and the United Kingdom.
Tickets are available by calling
Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Ambassador Theatre Box Office. Regular Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
For more information, visit www.ChicagoTheMusical.com.
