Krysta Rodriguez to Play Roxie in Chicago on Broadway

Broadway veteran Krysta Rodriguez will play Roxie Hart in the long-running Broadway revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre. She begins performances on Monday, June 15.

Rodriguez was most recently seen on Broadway in Smash, playing the writer Tracy. She has also appeared in the Broadway revival of Into the Woods, the revival of Spring Awakening, and First Date.

With a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb, and a book by Ebb and original director Bob Fosse, Chicago is the infamous tale of two killers who use publicity and a slick lawyer to get off the hook. The Broadway revival, which opened in 1996, is directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking.

The current cast of Chicago 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.