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Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin Extend Chicago Engagement

Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlinin Chicago
(© Paul Kolnik)
Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin
in Chicago
(© Paul Kolnik)

Real-life married couple Lisa Rinna and Harry Hamlin will now play the roles of Roxie Hart and Billy Flynn in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago through August 5.

The show marks Rinna’s Broadway debut. She is best known for her roles on the television series Days of Our Lives and Melrose Place, as the Emmy-nominated co-host of TV’s Soap Talk, and for her appearance on the ABC-TV series Dancing with the Stars.

Hamlin has previously appeared on Broadway in revivals of Awake and Sing! and Summer and Smoke. His film and television work includes L.A. Law, Making Love, Clash of the Titans, and his own appearance on Dancing with the Stars.

Chicago will celebrate its 11th anniversary in November. The show features a score by John Kander and the late Fred Ebb, including such hits as “All That Jazz,” “Mister Cellophane,” “Razzle Dazzle” and “Nowadays.” The production is directed by Walter Bobbie with choreography by Ann Reinking. The show currently stars Brenda Braxton as Velma Kelly, Rob Bartlett as Amos Hart, Roz Ryan as Matron "Mama" Morton, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.