Usher Extends Stay in Chicago Through October 14

R&B superstar Usher will extend his run in the Broadway hit musical Chicago an extra two weeks. He will now play legal ace Billy Flynn through October 14.

The 27-year-old performer, whose full name is Usher Raymond, is best known as a recording artist. His eponymous debut album was released in 1994 and quickly provided the gold single "Think of You." In 1997 he released My Way, the album that included the platinum hits "You Make Me Wanna," "Nice & Slow" and "My Way." Live, a concert recording, was released in 1999, followed by All About U 2000, 8701 2001 and Confessions 2004, which sold over 15 million albums. He has received five Grammy Awards.

As an actor, Usher's credits include a stint on the daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, a recurring role on the sitcom Moesha and guest-starring roles in TV series such as 7th Heaven, Sabrina the Teenage Witch, The Twilight Zone and Soul Food. He played Marvin Gaye in an episode of American Dreams. He had been announced to produce and star in The Ballad of Walter Holmes, a feature film about an R&B singer to be directed by George C. Wolfe.

Chicago currently stars Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Brenda Braxton as Velma Kelly, Rob Bartlett as Amos Hart andRoz Ryan at Matron Mama Morton.