Lindsay Roginski is Broadway's Latest Roxy Hart
It has been reported that Lindsay Roginski will make her Broadway debut as merry murderess Roxie Hart in Chicago which is currently playing at Broadway's Ambassador Theatre from 30 June through 6 July 2014.
She will cover for the current Roxy Hart, Bianca Marroquin, who will return to the role on 8 July 2014. Roginski is no stranger to the role, having played the part numerous times on national tour. She has also appeared off-Broadway in 'The Fartiste' and 'Heat Wave: The Jack Cole Project'. Her additional stage credits include 'Damn Yankees', 'One for My Baby', 'Grease' and '42nd Street'.
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 Nov 1996, it moved to its current home, the Ambassador Theatre, on the 29 Jan 2003.
Lindsay Roginski will join the current cast which also includes Amra-Fay Wright (Velma Kelly), Brent Barrett (Billy Flynn), Christopher Fitzgerald (Amos Hart), R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine) and Carol Wood (Matron "Mama" Morton).
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'.
Chicago has music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb, Book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb.
The musical 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.
Lindsay Roginski (right) as Roxy in the national tour of ChicagoOriginally published on