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Chicago to Welcome New Stars This April on Broadway

The musical has announced a whole new slate of leads.

Kimberly Marable
(image provided by the production)

Chicago on Broadway will welcome several new lead performers beginning Monday, April 10 at the Ambassador Theatre.

New to the company will be Hadestown‘s KImberly Marable as Velma Kelly and Liam Fennecken as Amos Hart. Returning to the cast is Charity Angél Dawson as Mama Morton and Erich Bergen as Billy Flynn. They join Olivia Holt as Roxie Hart and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.

With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. The cast also includes David Bushman, Christine Cornish, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest, Jeff Gorti, Arian Keddell, Mary Claire King, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Brian O’Brien, Denny Paschall, Jermaine R. Rembert, Rachel Schur, and Michael Scirrotto.

Directed byWalter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking, Chicago features set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, and sound design by Scott Lehrer.