Back to Paint the Town: Paige Davis & Amra-Faye Wright Will Return to Chicago on Broadway

The Cook County Jail’s about to welcome back two familiar faces. Paige Davis and Amra-Faye Wright will return to the Broadway revival of Chicago beginning March 30. Davis will reprise her performance as Roxie Hart (which she first played on Broadway in 2004) through April 27, while international Chicago vet Wright will play Velma Kelly through July 26. They take over for Grammy winner Jennifer Nettles and Carly Hughes, both of whom end their limited engagements on March 29 at the Ambassador Theatre.

Davis, who hosted TLC’s Trading Spaces, appeared on stage previously in Boeing-Boeing, Sweet Charity, Beauty and the Beast and The Vagina Monologues. Wright has played Kelly on five continents (the only actress in Chicago history to have done so); additional stage credits include Footloose, Grease and A Chorus Line.

The two will join a cast that includes John Dossett as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron “Mama” Morton and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.