Tony Yazbeck joins the cast of Chicago as Billy Flynn beginning August 29 at the Ambassador Theatre. He is replacing Christopher Sieber, who is about to embark on the national tour of La Cage aux Folles.

Yazbeck's Broadway credits include Gypsy, Irving Berlin's White Christmas, A Chorus Line, Never Gonna Dance and Oklahoma! He has appeared off-Broadway in ...

Supermodel Christie Brinkley, who is making her Broadway debut as Chicago's Roxie Hart, is eyeing joining the West End production of the hit musical, according to ShowBiz411. Brinkley joined the Broadway company on April 8 and is scheduled to continue with the show through June 19. She is expected to head to the London production in July, alongside current ...

As a flock of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships docked in New York City for the annual Fleet Week festivities, the large group of sailors were greeted by some special guests: the cast of Broadway's Chicago. On May 27 the Chicago crew entertained the visitors by performing several songs from the musical including "Roxie," "They Both Reached ...

Christie Brinkley's first performance as Roxie Hart in Chicago has been shifted by four days. The supermodel will now begin her limited engagement at the Ambassador Theatre on April 8 instead of April 4, as previously scheduled. The delay is attributed to a minor muscle injury Brinkley suffered earlier this week, forcing her to miss three days of rehearsal ...

Age: 27

Hometown: Palm Beach, on the Australian Gold Coast: “It is very gorgeous, but there is not a lot there for me.”

Currently: Selling the sizzle as the latest Velma Kelly—not to mention one of the liveliest and most engaging—in the long-running London production of Chicago. Carter just extended her run at the Cambridge Theatre through December ...

Leigh Zimmerman will take over the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago on October 8. Zimmerman returns to the production after having originated the role of Go-To-Hell Kitty when the revival first opened on Broadway in 1996. She has played Velma in the West End production in 2001 and 2009.

Zimmerman's other Broadway credits include The Will Rogers Follies ...

Tony nominee Tom Hewitt will return to Chicago as Billy Flynn for a three-week engagement beginning September 13. His run will conclude October 3 at the Ambassador Theatre.

Hewitt received a Tony nomination for The Rocky Horror Show. His many other Broadway credits include The Lion King, Dracula the Musical, The Boys From Syracuse, School for Scandal and The Sisters ...

A slew of Chicago veterans are headed back home this fall. Two-time Tony nominee Charlotte d'Amboise will take over the role of Roxie Hart beginning August 30, the same day Raymond Bokhour will return as her onstage husband, Amos. Roz Ryan will follow as Matron Mama Morton on September 2. Current Billy Flynn, John O'Hurley, will extend his ...

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Chicago star Amra-Faye Wright sure does travel a lot for someone playing a cell-locked inmate. The long-running musical has taken the South African-born, platinum-haired triple-threat around the world playing Velma Kelly on Broadway, in the West End, Johannesburg and Cape Town as well as on European and U.K. tours. (Wright books flights while Velma gets booked ...

Amra-Faye Wright and Carol Woods are headed home to Chicago on July 13. The actresses will resume the roles of Velma Kelly and Matron “Mama” Morton at the Ambassador Theatre.

Wright has played Kelly previously on Broadway as well as in the West End and in South Africa. She is currently starring in the Japan production performing the role in ...