Piedmont Players Theatre Announces CHICAGO Cast; Show Runs 4/3-12
By: BWW News Desk Feb. 20, 2014
Piedmont Players Theatre (PPT) announces the cast of CHICAGO, featuring Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, Music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb, based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins. Producing Partners: FIBRANT & ED BROWN.
CHICAGO will run Apr 3-5 & 9-12 at 7:30pm and Apr 6 at 2:30pm. Tickets go on sale Mar 24. For more information, visit www.piedmontplayers.com.
PPT is looking for more male dancers to be part of CHICAGO. If interested, call 704-633-5471.
MEET THE CAST:
VELMA KELLY
Ashlyn Keller Sumner
ROXIE HART
Karen Christensen
AMOS HART
Josh Wainright
MATRON "MAMMA" MORTON
Alexis Greer
BILLY FLYNN
Jordan Clifton
ENSEMBLE
Jackie Batten
Leah Campion
Lauren Gaskill
Marvin King
Winnie Mikkelson
Lisa Pfuhl
Dana Ribelin
Hannah Roseman
Wendy Weant
Alex White
MEET THE CREATIVES:
DIRECTOR/CHOREOGRAPHER
Tod A. Kubo
RESIDENT DIRECTOR
Reid Leonard
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
STAGE MANAGERS
Monika Borras Bigsby
Liz Steele
ABOUT THE SHOW: Set in Prohibition-era Chicago, the musical is based on a 1926 play of the same name by reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins about actual criminals and crimes she reported on. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal." Set in the roaring "jazz hot" twenties, this is the story of two rival vaudevillian murderesses locked up in Cook County Jail. Aspiration-al chorus girl Roxie Hart murders a faithless lover and convinces her hapless husband Amos to take the rap...until he finds out he's been duped and turns on Roxie. Convicted and sent to death row, Roxie joins Nightclub star Velma Kelly who is serving time for killing her husband and sister after finding the two in bed together. With the help of a slick attorney named Billy Flynn, both vie for the spotlight and the headlines, ultimately joining forces in search of fame, fortune and acquittal.
One of the most popular musicals of all time, CHICAGO has been honored with 6 Tony Awards, 2 Olivier Awards, a Grammy and thousands of standing ovations. The Broadway revival holds the record for longest-running musical revival and the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. The Academy Award-winning film version of the musical starred Reneìe Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, John C. Reilly, and Queen Latifah.
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