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South Korean Pop Star Ivy Will Join the Cast of Chicago

Ivy will play Roxie Hart for three weeks only.

Linda Buchwald

Linda Buchwald

| Broadway |

June 10, 2026

Ivy
Ivy
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South Korean pop star Ivy will play Roxie Hart in Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre for three weeks only, August 17-September 6.

Following her Broadway debut in Chicago, Ivy can be seen in Seoul, South Korea at the LG Arts Center Theatre beginning on December 5.

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 J. Workman as Mary Sunshine.

The cast also includes Tia Altinay, Nicole Benoit, Zach Bravo, 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, 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.

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