Suzanne Shaw, who has just won the ITV television series Dancing on Ice, will return to the West End stage to star as Roxie Hart in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre on Monday 2 June for six weeks only (finishing on 12 July). Her other television credits include The Bill, City Central and Holby City. A member of Hear'Say (the original winners of television's Popstars), Suzanne has had several hit singles.
Chicago currently stars Birgitte Hjort Sørensen as Roxie Hart, Rachel McDowall as Velma Kelly, Terence Maynard as Billy Flynn, Paul Rider as Amos Hart and
Claudia Shear as Mama Morton.
The London production of
Chicago has just celebrated its tenth anniversary with a Charity Gala Performance, which took place on Wednesday 5 December. The smash hit West End musical
Chicago transferred from the Adelphi Theatre to the Cambridge Theatre in April 2006. The Cambridge Theatre was the London home of
Chicago, when the first production of the show opened there on 10 April 1979, running for 603 performances.
Chicago became the longest running production ever to play at the Adelphi Theatre on 17 October 2005, replacing the previous record holder
Me and My Girl, which had run for 3,303 performances.
Chicago opened at the Adelphi Theatre on 18 November 1997 to rave reviews and immediately became a sell-out hit.
Chicago won the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production as well as the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for Best Musical. Currently playing in New York, with forthcoming productions planned in Japan, Australia and South Africa, Korea, Denmark and a US National Tour.
Chicago is produced in London by the Broadway producers Barry and
Fran Weissler.
Chicago, which is based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, has a book by
Fred Ebb and
Bob Fosse, music by
John Kander and lyrics by
Fred Ebb. Scenic design is by John Lee Beatty, costume design by
William Ivey Long, lighting by Ken Billington and sound by Rick Clarke. Musical supervision is by
Rob Fisher and musical direction by Ian Townsend.
Chicago is choreographed by
Ann Reinking in the style of
Bob Fosse and directed by
Walter Bobbie. The West End production of
Chicago is staged by the entire original Broadway creative team.
Tickets for
Chicago, priced from £20.00 - £52.50 (£55.00 on Saturday evenings, with a £75 VIP Package option, including interval champagne in a private room and souvenir brochure), are available from the Cambridge Theatre Box Office on 0844 412 4652. Performance times at the Cambridge Theatre are Mondays to Thursdays at 8.00pm, with Friday performances at 4.30pm and 8.00pm and Saturday performances at 3.00pm and 8.00pm.
Chicago is now booking until 28 February 2009. Visit the
Chicago website on www.chicagothemusical.co.uk.
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