Scary Spice Heads to Chicago! Mel B Will Star in Long-Running Musical on Broadway

Whoopee! Mel B, “Scary Spice” of the iconic Spice Girls, is set to star in Broadway's Chicago! The America’s Got Talent judge will begin performances on December 28 and remain at the Ambassador Theatre through February 19. A production spokesperson told Broadway.com that the role she will be playing will be announced soon.

Mel B is a chart-topping music artist, actress, author, TV host and entrepreneur. She’s currently starring on hit TV shows on three different continents: in the U.S. as a judge on NBC’s America’s Got Talent, in the U.K. as host of Lip Sync Battle U.K. and in Australia as a guest judge on The X Factor. She made her Broadway debut back in 2004 in Rent, when she played Mimi.

Chicago currently stars Veronica Dunne as Roxie Hart (through November 27), Lana Gordon as Velma Kelly, Paul Alexander Nolan as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron “Mama” Morton and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.