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Paulo Szot to Join Erika Jayne in Chicago on Broadway

Szot is the production’s next Billy Flynn.

Paulo Szot is the next Billy Flynn in Chicago.
Paulo Szot is the next Billy Flynn in Chicago.
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Tony-winning opera star Paulo Szot will return to Broadway as the next Billy Flynn in Chicago. Szot will star opposite Real Housewife Erika Jayne from January 6-31, and he will return to the company March 16-May 19.

Szot made his Broadway debut in South Pacific, and has played some of the largest opera houses across the world. He and Jayne will be joined by Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, NaTasha Yvette Williams as Matron "Mama" Morton, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.

With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, '''Chicago'' is directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking.

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