Tony Winner Cady Huffman Makes Jazzy Broadway Return in Chicago

Tony-winning supertalent Cady Huffman returns to Broadway on April 23, taking on the role of Matron "Mama" Morton in long-running hit Chicago. Huffman succeeds Valerie Simpson, who played her final performance in the musical on April 22.

Huffman is a Tony winner for The Producers whose Broadway credits also include The Nance, Dame Edna: The Royal Tour, Steel Pier, The Will Rogers Follies, Big Deal and La Cage aux Folles. She has been seen off-Broadway in Revolution in the Elbow of Ragnar Agnarsson Furniture Painter and Shear Madness.

The current cast of Chicago also includes Bianca Marroquin as Roxie Hart, Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Chaz Lamar Shepherd as Billy Flynn, Evan Harrington as Amos Hart and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine. Featuring a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by Kander and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago is the longest-running American musical on Broadway as well as the longest-running revival.