Veronica Dunne to make Broadway debut in Chicago

Disney Channel star Veronica Dunne will officially make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in the Broadway cast of Kander & Ebb's Tony Award-winning musical Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre, playing a six-week limited engagement from 17 October through to 26 November 2016.

Ms. Dunne is best known for her role as Marisa Clark in the Disney Channel's "K.C. Undercover." Other screen credits include "Locker Love," "The Couch," "Our Wild Hearts," "Kickin' It," and the upcoming film "The Ninth Passenger." Previous stage credits include 'Cinderella,' 'Cabaret,' 'Into The Woods,' 'The Black Suits,' and 'Chicago.'

The principal Broadway cast currently includes Dylis Croman (Roxie Hart), Lana Gordon (Velma Kelly), Jason Danieley (Billy Flynn), Raymond Bokhour (Amos Hart), NaTasha Yvette Williams (Matron Mama Morton), and R. Lowe (Mary Sunshine).

Chicago features a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, with a book by Bob Fosse & Fred Ebb. This revival production is directed by Walter Bobbie, with choreography by Ann Reinking.

Synopsis: "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 such showtune classics as 'All That Jazz,' 'Razzle Dazzle' and 'Mr. Cellophane.'

The creative team features scenic design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington and sound design 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 through to 2 July 2017.

- by Tom Millward