Mazz Murray will take over from Ruthie Henshall in the role of Mama Morton in the hit revival of Chicago at London’s Phoenix Theatre from Monday (2 July).
Murray, whose West End credits include Mamma Mia!, Fame and nine years as Killer Queen in We Will Rock You, joins fellow newcomer Martin Kemp who will replace Cuba Gooding Jr in the role of Billy Flynn.
Kemp and Murray will take to the stage alongside current cast members: Sarah Soetaert who returned to the role of Roxie Hart she previously played at the Cambridge and Garrick Theatres; another former Roxie Hart, Josefina Gabrielle who took on the role of Velma Kelly, after previously playing Roxie at the Adelphi and Cambridge Theatres; and Paul Rider who returned to the role of Amos Hart after playing the part in past productions at both the Adelphi and Cambridge Theatres.
Soetaert, Gabrielle, Murray, and Rider will stay with the show until 11 August while Kemp will remain in the role of the smooth-talking lawyer until 1 September.
A new booking period has just been opened with tickets now available from Monday 8 October until Saturday 5 January 2019.
Following on from a successful UK and international tour and after a five and half year absence from London, the new production is based on the 1996 Broadway revival directed by Walter Bobbie with choreography by by Ann Reinking in the style of Bob Fosse and produced by Barry and Fran Weissler.
Based on the play by Maurine Dallas Watkins, Chicago has a book by Fred Ebb and Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The musical opened at the Adelphi Theatre in London on 18 November 1997 to rave reviews and ran for 15 highly successful years in the West End.
The production claimed the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production and the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for Best Musical. Chicago is currently playing in New York where it recently celebrated its 21st birthday. The show is now the world’s longest-running American musical.
Angela Thomas
Tickets for the West End production of Chicago are available HERE.
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