Raking in the Chips: Brandy Norwood Starts Performances in Chicago on Broadway

The name on everybody's lips is gonna be...Brandy! Grammy Award winner Brandy Norwood will step into the Broadway revival of Chicago as Roxie Hart on April 28. The pop/R&B star will play an eight-week engagement through June 21 at the Ambassador Theatre, taking over for Paige Davis.

Norwood has sold more than 40 million albums worldwide, and her hit record “The Boy Is Mine” is the longest running number-one song and best-selling duet of all time. Screen credits include Moesha, Cinderella and The Game.

The cast also includes Amra-Faye Wright as Velma, John Dossett as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron “Mama” Morton and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.

Check out Broadway.com's interview with Norwood about raking in the chips for her Great White Way debut below!