Mykal Kilgore, More Will Join Chicago on Broadway
The long-running, Tony-winning revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.
Mykal Kilgore
Heather Gershonowitz
The record-breaking, Tony-winning Broadway revival of Chicago will welcome a mix of new and familiar faces to its company beginning February 2 at the Ambassador Theatre.
Mykal Kilgore, here billed as M. Kilgore, will step into the role of Mary Sunshine. Kilgore has also been seen on Broadway in Motown the Musical, Hair, and The Book of Mormon. New ensemble members will include Austin Dunn, Danielle Marie Gonzalez, Christopher Kelley, and Jeff Sullivan.
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Scheduled to return to the cellblock are Greg Hildreth (The Queen of Versailles, Frozen, Cinderella) as Amos Hart and ensemble members Tia Altinay and Chelsea James.
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The Broadway production of Chicago, which will celebrate 30 years on Broadway later this year, currently features Kate Baldwin as Roxie Hart, Robyn Hurder as Velma Kelly, Tam Mutu as Billy Flynn, Tony winner Alex Newell as Matron “Mama” Morton, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.
The ensemble includes Zach Bravo, David Bushman, Max Clayton, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest, Arian Keddell, James T. Lane, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Kristen Faith Oei, Denny Paschall, Mikayla Renfrow, Sean Samuels, and Samantha Sturm.
The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores!
presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at
the Richard Rodgers Theatre November 14, 1996, where it remained
through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre,
and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at
the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.
Since its debut in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries
and been seen by 33 million people worldwide. It is now the
second-longest running show in Broadway history (after the recently
closed The Phantom of the Opera).
READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years
With a book by the late Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago
features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by the late Ann
Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey
Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer,
and casting by ARC.
The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, won the
Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for
actors Bebe Neuwirth and James Naughton, director Bobbie, lighting
designer Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed
and choreographed by the late Fosse.
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Photos: Kate Baldwin and Alex Newell in Chicago
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Kate Baldwin and Tam Mutu in Chicago
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Alex Newell, Sophie-Carmen Jones, and Kate Baldwin in Chicago
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