{"id":238071,"date":"2026-05-20T15:18:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238071\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T15:18:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T15:18:13","slug":"krysta-rodriguez-will-join-broadway-cast-of-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/238071\/","title":{"rendered":"Krysta Rodriguez Will Join Broadway Cast of Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be\u00a0Krysta Rodriguez<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez, most recently on Broadway in the new musical Smash<\/a>, will step into the role of Roxie Hart in the record-breaking revival of Chicago<\/a>\u00a0beginning June 15 at the Ambassador Theatre. The Broadway favorite will succeed Rachel\u00a0Schur.<\/p>\n

The current cast of the Tony-winning revival\u00a0features Sophie Carmen-Jones<\/a> as Velma Kelly, Nik Walker<\/a> as Billy Flynn, Jacqueline B. Arnold<\/a> as Matron \u201cMama\u201d Morton, Greg Hildreth<\/a> as Amos Hart, and R. Lowe<\/a> as Mary Sunshine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Check out Chicago merchandise in the Playbill Store<\/a><\/p>\n

The ensemble\u00a0also includes Tia Altinay<\/a>, Zach
\n Bravo, Austin Dunn<\/a>, Jennifer Dunne<\/a>, John Michael Fiumara<\/a>, Danielle
\nMarie Gonzalez, Chelsea James<\/a>, Christopher Kelley<\/a>, James T. Lane<\/a>, Jenny
\nLaroche, Marty Lawson<\/a>, Joseph London, Kristen Faith Oei<\/a>, Denny Paschall<\/a>,
\n Mariah Reives<\/a>, Sean Samuels<\/a>, Samantha Sturm<\/a>, and\u00a0Jeff Sullivan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Broadway Rodriguez has also been seen as Cinderella in\u00a0Into the Woods; in The Collaboration<\/a> for Manhattan Theatre Club<\/a>; and\u00a0Ilse in the Deaf West revival of Spring Awakening<\/a>, plus\u00a0First Date<\/a>, The Addams Family<\/a>, In the Heights<\/a>, Spring Awakening, A Chorus Line<\/a>, and Good Vibrations<\/a>. Her numerous screen credits include\u00a0Halston,\u00a0Trial & Error, Smash, Daybreak,\u00a0and more.<\/p>\n

The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores!
\n presentations offered by City Center<\/a>. The musical opened on Broadway at
\n the Richard Rodgers Theatre November 14, 1996, where it remained
\nthrough February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre,
\nand played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at
\nthe Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.<\/p>\n

Since its debut in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries
\nand been seen by 33 million people worldwide. It is now the
\nsecond-longest running show in Broadway history (after the now\u00a0closed The Phantom of the Opera).<\/p>\n

READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years<\/a><\/p>\n

With a book by the late Fred Ebb<\/a> and Bob Fosse<\/a>, music by John Kander<\/a>, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago
\n features direction by Walter Bobbie<\/a>, choreography by the late Ann
\nReinking, set design by John Lee Beatty<\/a>, costume design by William Ivey
\nLong, lighting design by Ken Billington<\/a>, sound design by Scott Lehrer<\/a>,
\nand casting by ARC.<\/p>\n

The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler<\/a>, won the
\nTony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for
\nactors Bebe Neuwirth<\/a> and James Naughton<\/a>, director Bobbie, lighting
\ndesigner Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed
\nand choreographed by the late Fosse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be\u00a0Krysta Rodriguez. Rodriguez, most recently on Broadway in the new musical…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":238072,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-238071","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manhattan","tag-manhattan","tag-manhattan-headlines","tag-manhattan-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238071"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238071\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238072"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}