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Chicago on Broadway Announces New Stars

The record-breaking revival continues at the Ambassador Theatre.

Pasquale Aleardi will star as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago for a limited engagement.
Pasquale Aleardi will star as Billy Flynn in Broadway's Chicago for a limited engagement.

The company of Broadway's Chicago will welcome German film and television star Pasquale Aleardi as Billy Flynn and Broadway favorite NaTasha Yvette Williams (The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess) as Matron "Mama" Morton.

Aleardi will play a limited week-long engagement with the Broadway company through December 7 at the Ambassador Theatre, after which he'll return to Germany to star as Billy Flynn in the new production of Chicago at the Stage Palladium Theatre in Stuttgart in January. On Broadway, Aleardi takes over for two-time Tony nominee Christopher Fitzgerald, who plays his final performance as Billy Flynn on November 30.

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.

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