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Former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader Reece Weaver to Make Broadway Debut in Chicago

Her first performance is September 7.

Linda Buchwald

Linda Buchwald

| Broadway |

August 11, 2026

Reece Weaver
Reece Weaver

Reece Weaver, from the Netflix series America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, will make her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago.

Weaver will perform for six weeks, September 7-October 18, at the Ambassador Theatre.

Chicago, the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, currently stars Krysta Rodriguez as Roxie Hart, Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, Mark Ballas as Billy Flynn, Jacqueline B. Arnold as Matron “Mama” Morton, Eddie Cooper 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.

 

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