Photo Coverage: She Started with a Bang! Brandy Norwood Makes Broadway Debut in CHICAGO
By: Walter McBride May. 01, 2015
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The Broadway company of the Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical Chicago just welcomed Grammy Award-winner Brandy Norwood, who made her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart. She will play an 8-week limited engagement at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC) through Sunday, June 21, 2015. BroadwayWorld brings you photos from her opening night curatin call below!
A Grammy award-winning singer, songwriter and actress, Brandy Norwood has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide. She first stole our hearts with her multi-platinum self-titled debut album featuring the hit single "I Wanna Be Down." Her record "The Boy Is Mine" is the longest running number-one song and best-selling duet of all time. As an actress, Brandy has starred in her own sitcom, "Moesha," and made history in Disney's television film Cinderella as its first black princess, starring alongside her icon Whitney Houston. She recently received a 2014 NAACP Image Award for her role as Chardonnay on BET's "The Game."
International stage sensation Amra-Faye Wright returns to the company as Velma Kelly (through Sunday, July 26). Chicago also currently stars Tony Award nominee John Dossett as Billy Flynn,Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron "Mama" Morton and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.
With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb,Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Produced by Barry andFran Weissler, Chicago 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 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.
Photo Credit: Walter McBride
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
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Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Amra-Faye Wright with Brandy Norwood
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood with Amra-Faye Wright
John Dossett, Brandy Norwood and Amra-Faye Wright
R. Rowe, John Dossett, Amra-Faye Wright, Raymond Bokhour and NaTasha Yvette Williams with Brandy Norwood
R. Rowe, John Dossett, Amra-Faye Wright, Raymond Bokhour and NaTasha Yvette Williams with Brandy Norwood
Brandy Norwood and Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood and Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood and Amra-Faye Wright
Brandy Norwood and Amra-Faye Wright
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