On November 23, Chicago surpassed Cats and became the second longest-running show in Broadway history. The evening’s performance featured cameos by a slew of alums from the Tony-winning revival, including original stars Ann Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton and Joel Grey. Keeping in mind that Chicago is, in fact, about people becoming famous for reasons that shouldn’t make them famous, we figured we’d ask you which real-life tabloid star you’d like to see light up the Great White Way in Chicago. The votes are in, and here’s who you chose (because we forced you to). Always in the best of taste, right? Uh, something like that.
1. Miley Cyrus—32%
The lady raking in the chips is gonna be…Miley? Cyrus celebrated her 22nd birthday on the same day that Chicago celebrated its big milestone. What better birthday gift to herself (aside from a giant pizza cake and a mechanical bull shaped like a penis, obviously) than riding her wrecking ball over to the Cook County Jail to do a little Hot Honey Twerk? And that’s showbiz, kid! And let's not forget that the tuner runs in the family.
2. Lindsay Lohan—16%
LiLo concludes her stage debut in the West End’s Speed-the-Plow on November 29, and no, her run wasn’t a disaster. The star showed up when she needed to, knew her material and got decent reviews. She may have served only a fraction of her jail sentence(s), but that’s enough to bring some prison realness to Velma.
3. "Mama June" Shannon—8%
Does everyone’s favorite and/or least favorite pageant mom have what it takes to be the keeper of the keys, the countess of the clink, the mistress of Murderers’ Row, Matrom Mama Morton?! Hm, we’ll choose not to answer that and just quietly sip our go-go juice.