'Chicago' Welcomes Lemenager As Velma Kelly 5/19

On Monday, May 19, the CHICAGO company is pleased to welcome Broadway veteran Nancy Lemenager to the starring role of merry murderess Velma Kelly.
 
Prior to CHICAGO, Lemenager appeared on Broadway as Brenda in Billy Joel and Twyla Tharp's hit dance musical Movin' Out. She has also starred on Broadway in the Jerome Kern musical Never Gonna Dance and was featured in Kiss Me, Kate; Dream; How to Succeed... and Guys and Dolls.
 
Her regional credits include Ilona in She Loves Me at Arena Stage, for which she received a Helen Hayes Award nomination, Lisa in the world premiere of The Studio at South Coast Repertory, Janis in John Patrick Shanley's Italian American Reconciliation, Charity in Sweet Charity and Amy in Company.
 
Lemenager made her Carnegie Hall debut in 2004 with Skitch Henderson and the New York Pops. 
 
Most recently, she served as associate choreographer for the Lincoln Center production of Camelot, directed by Lonny Price.
 
In the role of Velma Kelly, Lemenager succeeds Tony Award nominee Brenda Braxton, who played her final performance on Sunday, May 11. Nicole Bridgewater appears in the role until Lemenager's May 19 debut.
 
Lemenager is scheduled to continue as Velma Kelly through Sunday, July 13.
 
CHICAGO currently stars Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Jeff McCarthy as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart and Kecia Lewis-Evans as Matron "Mama" Morton.
 
On Monday, June 2, Michelle DeJean returns to the role of Roxie Hart.