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The Broadway company of CHICAGO is pleased to announce "Talkback Tuesdays," a new monthly series offering a post-show discussion and audience Q&A session with members of the Broadway company of the record-breaking hit musical.
Designed to provide theatergoers with an exclusive, behind-the-scenes glimpse into the world of CHICAGO, the "Talkback Tuesdays" series will launch on Tuesday, September 23, 2008, with a post-show conversation with Tony Award-winning director Walter Bobbie.Walter Bobbie is a three-time Tony nominee and his direction of CHICAGO not only earned him the 1997 Tony Award, but Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle Awards as well. This holiday season, his nationally acclaimed production of Irving Berlin's White Christmas will open on Broadway at the Marquis Theatre.His other Broadway directing credits include High Fidelity, Sweet Charity starring Christina Applegate, Twentieth Century starring Alec Baldwin and Anne Heche, Footloose and A Grand Night for Singing.He directed Fiorello, the premiere production of City Center's Encores! series, and shortly thereafter was named its Artistic Director. He has since directed Encores! Productions of Tenderloin; Golden Boy and No, No, Nanette, and continues as an Artistic Associate and a member of Encores! Advisory Committee.Tickets for the Tuesday, September 23 "Talkback Tuesdays" performance are available by calling Telecharge.com at 212-239-6200. Tickets may also be purchased in-person at the Ambassador Theatre Box Office, located at 219 W. 49th St. Regular Box Office hours are 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and Noon to 7 p.m. Sunday.
Now celebrating eleven glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour on the Great White Way, the record-breaking smash hit musical CHICAGO is currently the eighth longest-running production in Broadway history, as well as Broadway's longest-running musical revival...and it shows no sign of ever slowing down!Currently playing at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.), CHICAGO stars Michelle DeJean as Roxie Hart, Tony Award nominee Brenda Braxton asVelma Kelly, two-time Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat as Billy Flynn, two-time Tony Award nominee Kevin Chamberlin as Amos Hart and Carol Woods as Matron "Mama" Morton.Videos