Chicago The Musical

Now celebrating ten glorious years of girls, glitz and glamour across the country, the record-breaking smash hit musical Chicago is returning to the Windy City for a limited run February 25 - March 8, 2009 at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts, Oriental Theatre (24 W.Randolph St). Charlotte d'Amboise will star as Roxie Hart in a limited engagement of the hit musical. Starring with Ms. d'Amboise will be John O'Hurley as Billy Flynn. 

Charlotte d'Amboise returns to Chicago after receiving a second Tony Award nomination for her acclaimed performance as Cassie in Broadway's A Chorus Line last season. With Chicago, Ms. d'Amboise holds the record for playing Roxie Hart more than any other actress in the history of the revival - more than 2,000 performances and counting. For her portrayal of Roxie in the show's first national tour, she earned the L.A. Drama Critics Circle, L.A. Ovation and Bay Area Theatre Circle Awards. Her other NY credits include Sweet Charity (Charity; Fred Astaire Award), Can-Can (Encores!), Contact, Damn Yankees (Lola; Fred Astaire Award), Jerome Robbins' Broadway (Tony nomination), Company, Carrie, Song and Dance, and Cats. Film: The Preacher's Wife, The In Crowd.

Joining Ms. d'Amboise and John O'Hurley will be Terra C. MacLeod as Velma Kelly, Kevin Chamberlin as Amos Hart and Roz Ryan as Matron 'Mama' Morton.  The ensemble includes D. Micciche, Shawn Beck Gifford, Shamicka Benn, Cornelius Bethea, Daniel Gutierrez, Brent Heuser, Marla McReynolds, Andrea Mislan, Drew Nellessen, Adam Pellegrine, Lindsay Roginski, Sarah Shepler, Steven Sofia, Kevin Steele, Evelyn Christina Tonn, Melanie Waldron, and Corey Wright.

Murder. Greed. Corruption. Violence. Exploitation. Adultery. Treachery. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago's slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.

With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.

Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Chicago has become a worldwide phenomenon. The London production of Chicago continues to hold the record as the longest running American Musical in West End history.

Individual tickets range in price from $30 to $95 and are available at ticketmaster.com.