Comedian Matteo Lane Is Chicago's Next Billy Flynn

Chicago, Broadway’s longest-running musical currently playing, welcomes comedian, actor, and singer Matteo Lane to the cast on Monday, June 22, at the Ambassador Theatre. Lane will play Billy Flynn.

The current cast features Rachel Schur as Roxie Hart, Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, Nik Walker as Billy Flynn, Jacqueline B. Arnold as Matron “Mama” Morton, Greg Hildreth as Amos Hart, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine. The cast also includes Tia Altinay, Zach Bravo, Austin Dunn, Jennifer Dunne, John Michael Fiumara, Danielle Marie Gonzalez, Chelsea James, Christopher Kelley, James T. Lane, Jenny Laroche, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Kristen Faith Oei, Denny Paschall, Mariah Reives, Sean Samuels, Samantha Sturm, and Jeff Sullivan.

Chicago, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, won six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival. Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, Chicago has a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb.