Brandy to make Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago
Grammy Award-winning R&B star Brandy Norwood will officially make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Kander & Ebb's musical Chicago and play a limited 8-week engagement from 28 April to 21 June 2015.
More commonly known by her first name, Brandy has sold over 40 million albums worldwide. She has released 6 studio albums and her record "The Boy Is Mine" (with Monica) is the longest running number-one song and best-selling duet of all time, earning her a Grammy in 1999. Her film credits include 'Cinderella,' 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer,' 'Double Platinum,' and 'Temptation: Confessions of a Marriage Counselor.' Her TV credits include 'Thea,' 'Moesha,' 'One on One,' '90210,' 'Drop Dead Diva,' and 'The Game.'
The current principal cast of Chicago features Jennifer Nettles (Roxie Hart), Carly Hughes (Velma Kelly), John Dossett (Billy Flynn), Raymond Bokhour (Amos Hart), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Matron Mama Morton), and R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine).
Chicago is the second longest-running production currently playing on Broadway, Broadway's longest-running musical revival, as well as the longest-running American show in Broadway history. It has been playing on Broadway since 14 November 1996, and it moved to its current home, the Ambassador Theatre, on the 29 January 2003.
Chicago follows not your usual housewife, Roxie Hart, who gains dubious notoriety when she kills her boyfriend, invents her defence and manipulates everyone from her trustworthy husband to the fickle media and the unsuspecting public. The show features the well known songs, 'All That Jazz,' 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'Mr. Cellophane'.
The musical features a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb. The revival production is directed by Walter Bobbie, with choreography by Ann Reinking, scene design by John Lee Beatty, costumes by William Ivey Long, lighting by Ken Billington and sound by Scott Lehrer.
Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording. The show is currently booking to 21 June 2015.
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