Reece Weaver, the former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and professional dancer best known for her appearance in Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, has extended her limited engagement in the hit Broadway revival of Chicago.
Weaver, who made her Broadway debut in Chicago September 7 at the Ambassador Theatre, was originally scheduled to play Roxie Hart through October 18. She will now perform an additional two weeks through November 1. A former member of the University of Alabama Dance Team, Weaver earned her degree in dance before joining the DCC squad.
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September 7 also marked the return of two former Chicago favorites: Grammy winner and Tony nominee NaTasha Yvette Williams (Some Like It Hot, Wicked, Waitress, The Color Purple) has returned to the role of Matron “Mama” Morton, and Red Concepción (Sumo, Les Misérables Arena Spectacular World Tour) is again playing Amos Hart.
The current Broadway company also features Lissa deGuzman as Velma Kelly, Max von Essen as Billy Flynn, and J. Workman as Mary Sunshine.
The cast is completed by Tia Altinay, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Austin Dunn, John Michael Fiumara, Danielle Marie Gonzalez, Chelsea James, Christopher Kelley, James T. Lane, Jenny Laroche, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Kristen Faith Oei, Denny Paschall, Angel Reda, Mariah Reives, Sean Samuels, Jeff Sullivan, and Elizabeth Yanick.
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 now 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.
