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Theatergoers of a certain age will remember walking past The Little Theatre (now the Helen Hayes) when Albert Innaurato's comedy GEMINI was running and seeing Kenn Duncan's black and white photographs outside. The one that received the most attention was that of the bare-chested Reed Birney who was featured in that long-running comedy. Birney also received even more attention when the television ads for that production were aired. The TV commercials not only popularized a phrase that became a buzz word throughout the tri-state area: ‘Herschel, take human bites!'; but gave Birney a few seconds of air time that were unmistakable.

CHICAGO is coming back to Detroit with John O'Hurley starring as Billy Flynn. CHICAGO will be at Detroit's Fisher Theatre May 17 -22, 2011. CHICAGO which opened to rave reviews on November 14th, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest-running musical revival playing on Broadway, the second longest-running musical production currently playing on Broadway, and the fifth longest-running production in Broadway history, and... shows no sign of ever slowing down!

CHICAGO is coming back to Detroit with John O'Hurley starring as Billy Flynn. CHICAGO will be at Detroit's Fisher Theatre May 17 -22, 2011.

CHICAGO which opened to rave reviews on November 14th, 1996, now has the distinction of being the longest-running musical revival playing on Broadway, the second longest-running musical production currently playing on Broadway, and the fifth longest-running production in Broadway history, and... shows no sign of ever slowing down!

Performing Arts Fort Worth proudly announces acclaimed actor JOHN O'HURLEY will play the role of Billy Flynn in CHICAGO: THE MUSICAL during its five-performance run at Bass Performance Hall on June 17-19, 2011.

Broadway In Chicago is thrilled to announce the return of Broadway's record-breaking musical smash hit CHICAGO for a limited one-week engagement.

PERFORMING ARTS FORT WORTH proudly welcomes the acclaimed national Broadway tour CHICAGO to BASS PERFORMANCE HALL on JUNE 17-JUNE 19. Tickets start at $38.50 and will go on sale Saturday, March 26, at 10:00 a.m.!

CHICAGO is coming back to Detroit and its PURE ENTERTAINMENT! CHICAGO will be at Detroit's Fisher Theatre March 8-13, 2011!

David Bedella will continue his run of devilish West End starring roles by playing unscrupulous lawyer ‘Billy Flynn' in the smash-hit West End show 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre, with his first performance on Monday 28 February. His previous West End roles include creating the character of ‘Satan' in the notorious 'Jerry Springer the Opera', for which he won the 2004 Olivier Award for ‘Best Actor in a Musical', crazed scientist ‘Dr Frank-N-Furter' in 'The Rocky Horror Show' and KGB agent ‘Alexander Molokov' in 'Chess' at the Royal Albert Hall. His film credits include Oliver Stone's 'Alexander' with Anthony Hopkins and 'Batman Begins' with Christian Bale. He will play the role for 10 weeks only until 8 May.

Next month, Broadway's record-breaking, six-time Tony Award-winning musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back Christopher Sieber in the role of Billy Flynn, 'the silver-tongued prince of the courtroom,' for a limited engagement beginning Tuesday, March 8 and continuing through Friday, March 25.

This month, Broadway's record-breaking, six-time Tony Award-winning musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two of its most celebrated veterans.

David Bedella will continue his run of devilish West End starring roles by playing unscrupulous lawyer ‘Billy Flynn' in the smash-hit West End show 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre, with his first performance on Monday 28 February. His previous West End roles include creating the character of ‘Satan' in the notorious 'Jerry Springer the Opera', for which he won the 2004 Olivier Award for ‘Best Actor in a Musical', crazed scientist ‘Dr Frank-N-Furter' in 'The Rocky Horror Show' and KGB agent ‘Alexander Molokov' in 'Chess' at the Royal Albert Hall. His film credits include Oliver Stone's 'Alexander' with Anthony Hopkins and 'Batman Begins' with Christian Bale. He will play the role for 10 weeks only until 8 May.

This month, Broadway's record-breaking, six-time Tony Award-winning musical smash CHICAGO is pleased to welcome back two of its most celebrated veterans.

Now celebrating 15 glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is now the sixth longest-running production in Broadway history ... and shows no sign of ever slowing down! CHICAGO will play 2 shows only at DeVos Performance Hall *May 10 & 11, 2011 at 7:30pm. Tickets are now available at Ticketmaster.com and charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.

As announced on the Friday, February 4 edition of 'The Oprah Winfrey Show,' this spring, Christie Brinkley, one of the world's most successful supermodels, is set to make her highly anticipated Broadway stage debut as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO for an eleven-week limited engagement, Monday, April 4 through Sunday, June 19, 2011 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.).

On Monday, February 7, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO will welcome back Broadway favorite Brent Barrett as Billy Flynn for a limited return engagement (through Sunday, March 6).

Supermodel Christie Brinkley announced on Oprah today that she will make her Broadway debut as the morally corrupt 'Roxie Hart' in CHICAGO beginning April 4.

On Monday, February 7, Broadway's Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO will welcome back Broadway favorite Brent Barrett as Billy Flynn for a limited return engagement (through Sunday, March 6).

According to the show's Facebook page fans of CHICAGO should tune in to tomorrow's Oprah Winfrey Show for a special announcement. Tomorrows guests include Christie Brinkley, Beverly Johnson, Stephanie Seymour, Cheryl Tiegs and more. Could one of these ladies be joining the Broadway cast? Tune in to find out!

Diane Sawyer's co-workers had no intention of letting her 65th Birthday slide by unnoticed.