Emmy Winner Derek Hough Will Appear in Chicago for One Night Only

Emmy Award winner and Dancing With the Stars judge Derek Hough will deliver the opening monologue in Chicago on Broadway on July 20.

As previously announced, Mark Ballas returns to the role of Billy Flynn July 20-August 16. A post-performance talk back with Hough and Ballas will follow the performance.

The current cast of Chicago features Krysta Rodriguez as Roxie Hart, Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, Matteo Lane as Billy Flynn, Jacqueline B. Arnold as Matron “Mama” Morton, Red Concepción as Amos Hart, and J. Workman as Mary Sunshine.

The cast also includes Tia Altinay, Ronnie S. Bowman Jr., Austin Dunn, 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, Jeff Sullivan, and Elizabeth Yanick.

Chicago, written by Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, and John Kander and directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie, is the longest-running American musical in Broadway history and the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards, including Best Musical Revival.