She Can't Do It Alone! Carly Hughes Will Return to Chicago on Broadway

Carly Hughes will once again rouge her knees and roll her stockings down! The actress is set to return to the long-running revival of Chicago as Velma Kelly August 22 through September 4 at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre. She will step in for Amra Faye Wright, who is scheduled to takes a brief hiatus.

Hughes’ Broadway credits include Pippin, Beautiful, Ghost, The Book of Mormon, Ragtime, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee and Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas.

Along with Wright, Chicago currently stars Brandy Norwood as Roxie Hart (through August 2), Ivan Hernandez as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron “Mama” Morton and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine. As previously reported, Amy Spanger will play the role of Roxie Hart August 4 through August 16; Rumer Willis will then take over as Roxie from August 18.