{"id":372004,"date":"2026-10-13T14:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372004\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T14:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T14:52:09","slug":"americas-sweethearts-reece-weaver-announces-final-extension-in-broadways-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/372004\/","title":{"rendered":"America\u2019s Sweethearts’ Reece Weaver Announces Final Extension in Broadway’s Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"

Reece Weaver<\/a>, the former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and professional dancer best\u00a0known for her appearance in Netflix\u2019s America\u2019s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, has extended her limited engagement in the hit Broadway revival of Chicago<\/a>\u00a0for a second and final time.<\/p>\n

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 initially extended through November 1 and will now play an additional two weeks, concluding her run November 15.\u00a0A former member of the University of Alabama Dance Team, Weaver earned her degree in dance before joining the DCC squad.<\/p>\n

As previously reported,\u00a0<\/a>prima ballerina and New York City Ballet principal dancer Tiler Peck<\/a> moderates a post-show talkback with Weaver following the October 13 performance of Chicago.<\/p>\n

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

The current cast of Chicago also features Lissa deGuzman as Velma Kelly, Max von Essen<\/a> as Billy Flynn, Natasha Yvette Williams as Matron \u201cMama\u201d Morton, Red Concepci\u00f3n<\/a> as Amos Hart, and J. Workman<\/a> as Mary Sunshine. <\/p>\n

The ensemble includes Tia Altinay<\/a>, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Austin Dunn<\/a>, John Michael Fiumara<\/a>, Danielle Marie Gonzalez<\/a>, Chelsea James<\/a>, Christopher Kelley<\/a>, James T. Lane<\/a>, Jenny Laroche<\/a>, Marty Lawson<\/a>, Joseph London, Kristen Faith Oei<\/a>, Denny Paschall<\/a>, Angel Reda<\/a>, Mariah Reives<\/a>, Sean Samuels<\/a>, Jeff Sullivan<\/a>, and Elizabeth Yanick<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Chicago Will Celebrate 30 Years On Broadway With Bebe Neuwirth, James Naughton, Alex Newell, Reece Weaver, More<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/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 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

<\/p>\n

\"Chicago<\/p>\n

<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Reece Weaver, the former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and professional dancer best\u00a0known for her appearance in Netflix\u2019s America\u2019s Sweethearts:…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372005,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[75,84,83,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-372004","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\/372004","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=372004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/372004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=372004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=372004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=372004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}