{"id":260583,"date":"2026-06-09T14:43:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:43:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260583\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T14:43:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T14:43:07","slug":"south-korean-pop-star-ivy-will-make-broadway-debut-in-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/260583\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean Pop Star Ivy Will Make Broadway Debut in Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

South Korean pop star Ivy will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago<\/a> later this summer at the\u00a0Ambassador Theatre.<\/p>\n

Ivy will step into the role of Roxie Hart August 17 for a limited engagement through September 6. Following her Broadway run, the artist will be seen in the same part in the\u00a0Seoul, South Korea, production of Chicago beginning December 5\u00a0at the LG Arts Center Theatre.<\/p>\n

The award-winning actress\u00a0has also been seen in productions of\u00a0Moulin Rouge! The Musical; Aida; Wicked; Ghost the Musical; Jekyll\u00a0& Hyde; Urinetown; Dracula; Kiss Me, Kate; Redbook; Ben-Hur;\u00a0and Memories of Matsuko.<\/p>\n

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The current cast of Chicago features Rachel Schur<\/a> as Roxie Hart, 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 J. Workman<\/a> as Mary Sunshine.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The ensemble\u00a0includes Tia Altinay<\/a>, Nicole Benoit<\/a>, Zach\u00a0Bravo, Austin Dunn<\/a>, John Michael Fiumara<\/a>, Danielle Marie Gonzalez<\/a>,\u00a0Chelsea James<\/a>, Christopher Kelley<\/a>, James T. Lane<\/a>, Jenny Laroche<\/a>, Marty\u00a0Lawson, Joseph London, Kristen Faith Oei<\/a>, Denny Paschall<\/a>, Mariah Reives<\/a>,\u00a0Sean Samuels<\/a>, Samantha Sturm<\/a>, and\u00a0Jeff Sullivan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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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 closed 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":"South Korean pop star Ivy will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago later this…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":260584,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-260583","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\/260583","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=260583"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/260583\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=260583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=260583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=260583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}