NeNe Leakes Celebrates Her Broadway Return in Chicago

Leakes headlines the cast of the long-running musical through December 20.

NeNe Leakes has joined the Broadway cast of Chicago.
NeNe Leakes has joined the Broadway cast of Chicago.
(© David Gordon)

Television personality NeNe Leakes (Bravo's The Real Housewives of Atlantic) met the press at the Paramount Hotel to celebrate her return to Broadway as Matron "Mama" Morton in Chicago. Leakes headlines the show through December 20 at the Ambassador Theatre.

In 2014, Leakes made her Broadway debut as the Wicked Stepmother in Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella. Leakes has been seen onstage in Cirque du Soleil's Zoomanity and Theo London's Loving Him Is Killing Me. Her many screen appearances include Dancing With the Stars, I Dream of NeNe: The Wedding, Glee, The Celebrity Apprentice, and The New Normal.

Featuring classic tunes by John Kander and Fred Ebb, Chicago tells the story of Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media, and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago's slickest criminal lawyer to transform her crime into a barrage of sensational headlines. The current revival, directed by Walter Bobbie, is now in its 19th year on Broadway.

Longtime Chicago producer Barry Weissler gives the thumbs-up to his latest star, NeNe Leakes.
Longtime Chicago producer Barry Weissler gives the thumbs-up to his latest star, NeNe Leakes.
(© David Gordon)

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