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.
Oprah Winfrey, Scott Sanders and the producing team of the Broadway smash hit The Color Purple are proud to announce that tickets for the first North American Touring production of The Color Purple in Pittsburgh will go on sale Monday, April 7, 2008 at 9 a.m. The Color Purple will run for two-weeks as part of the Pittsburgh CLO's 2008 Summer Season June 3 - June 15, 2008 at the Benedum Center.
Roz Ryan made a return to the show that is near and dear to her heart - Chicago. To help her document her first week back, BroadwayWorld gave Roz a FLIP video camera and she had a blast making short videos during rehearsals, backstage, and well... you'll just have to watch to see what happens in this, Part 2, and who is caught 'on tape' when this dynamic broadway talent takes control of the camera!
Claudia Shear, the American award-winning actress and playwright, will star as 'Mama Morton' in the smash hit West End musical 'CHICAGO' at the Cambridge Theatre for an eight-week season from Monday 31 March until Saturday 25 May. Birgitte Hjort Sørensen and Rachel McDowall will continue to star as 'Roxie Hart' and 'Velma Kelly', with Terence Maynard as 'Billy Flynn' and Paul Rider as 'Amos Hart'.
On Tuesday, March 18, 2008, Broadway's razzle-dazzle hit musical Chicago is pleased to welcome Kecia Lewis-Evans as Matron 'Mama' Morton for an 11-week engagement through Sunday, June 1 at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre. On Tuesday, March 18, Broadway veteran Jeff McCarthy will begin an 11-week return engagement as slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn.
Birgitte Hjort Sørensen will star as 'Roxie Hart' and Rachel McDowall will star as 'Velma Kelly' in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre from 25 February. Terence Maynard will continue to star as 'Billy Flynn' and Paul Rider as 'Amos Hart', with Zee Asha as 'Mama Morton' and MM Dugdale as 'Mary Sunshine'.
Roz Ryan made a return to the show that is near and dear to her heart - Chicago. To help her document her first week back, BroadwayWorld gave Roz a FLIP video camera and she had a blast making short videos during rehearsals, backstage, and well... you'll just have to watch to see what happens and who is caught 'on tape' when this dynamic broadway talent takes control of the camera!
Broadway's razzle-dazzle hit musical Chicago is pleased to welcome back Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly for two weeks only at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre (219 West 49th Street). MacLeod will appear from Thursday, February 21 through Thursday, March 6, while Brenda Braxton is on vacation
Plans are underway for the first Japanese-language production of Kander and Ebb's Tony Award-winning Broadway musical phenomenon Chicago. The production is set to debut this October at the Akasaka ACT Theatre in Tokyo, followed by an engagement at the Umeda Art Theatre in Osaka in November.
Grammy Award-winning, multi-platinum recording artist Mýa will make her Broadway debut as Velma Kelly in Chicago for a nine-week limited engagement at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.) beginning Monday, May 12, 2008.
The producers of The Color Purple announced today that the show will play its final performance on Sunday, February 24, 2008 at 7:30pm, after playing 30 preview performances and 910 regular performances at the Broadway Theatre.
Bonnie Langford and Brenda Edwards have both extended their starring runs as 'Roxie Hart' and 'Mama Morton' in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre by four weeks until 24 February, and Duncan James has extended his starring run as 'Billy Flynn' by two weeks until 10 February. Amra-Faye Wright and Paul Rider will continue to play the starring roles of 'Velma Kelly' and 'Amos Hart' until 24 February.
Wide critical acclaim and brisk ticket sales have prompted Classic Stage Company, under the leadership of Artistic Director Brian Kulick and Executive Director Jessica R. Jenen, by special arrangement with Bob Boyett, to extend the run of David Ives' New Jerusalem, directed by Tony Award-winner Walter Bobbie, by an additional week through Sunday, February 10 at CSC (136 East 13th Street).
Beginning Monday, January 14, 2008, the Broadway company of Chicago is pleased to welcome back three of its veteran performers - Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Rob Bartlett as Amos Hart and Roz Ryan as Matron 'Mama' Morton. These three will be joined by Brenda Braxton as Velma Kelly and John Schneider, who will make his Chicago debut as Billy Flynn on Monday, January 14, as previously announced.
Transforming such a momentous story into a staged musical, as bookwriter Marsha Norman has done with The Color Purple, could not have been an easy task. What has ended up on stage more closely resembles a Disney spin on history, rather than a gritty realization of historical abuse. Yet, it strikes a soulful chord with a gospel and jazz aged sensibility, giving the musical an otherwise absent poignant heartbeat.
BroadwayWorld brings you backstage as the other wicked green legendary character, The Grinch (Patrick Page) puts on his face and talks candidly about the strike, the audiences, his career and more! Don't miss this special video feature!
See CHICAGO, Broadway's razzle-dazzle smash hit, for as low as $66.50 for performances through March 9, 2008!
This winter, Broadway's record-breaking musical smash Chicago welcomes television icon John Schneider to the company in the role of slick criminal lawyer Billy Flynn for a nine-week limited engagement, Monday, January 14, 2008 through Sunday, March 16 at the Ambassador Theatre
Bonnie Langford, Duncan James and Brenda Edwards will return to star as 'Roxie Hart', 'Billy Flynn' and 'Mama Morton' in the smash hit West End musical Chicago at the Cambridge Theatre from Monday 10 December.
The LA Times reports Oprah Winfrey, legendary American talk-show host and producer of Broadway's The Color Purple, may be planning a stage-to-screen adaptation of the hit musical production.
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