Broadway Announcement: CHICAGO (Pamela Anderson Joins the Company, April 12 thru June 5, 2022)

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by Gregory Bernard on March 7, 2022

in Theater-New York

BROADWAY’S HIT MUSICAL CHICAGO
WELCOMES PAMELA ANDERSON

The Tony Award-winning, record-breaking hit musical  Chicago returned to the Broadway stage at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.; New York, NY). The Broadway company will welcome actress and activist  Pamela Anderson  making her Broadway debut in the role of Roxie Hart beginning Tuesday, April 12, 2022. She will play an 8-week limited engagement at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC) through Sunday, June 5, 2022.

The cast also features  David  Bushman, Jennifer Dunne, Jessica Ernest, Jeff Gorti, Arian Keddell, Mary Claire King, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Brian O’Brien, Denny Paschall, Angel Reda, Jermaine R. Rembert, Michael Scirrotto, Christine C. Smith  and  Brian  Spitulnik.

“I have always been a huge fan of Bob Fosse’s & Gwen Verdon’s work. Ann Reinking, too,” said  Anderson. “Playing Roxie Hart is a dream fulfilled. Performing Fosse, you don’t have time to get in your head. You can’t dance, sing and think at the same time. There is a freedom, a unique joy in knowing it’s all about the work. Playing Roxie Hart is a sweet escape for me.”

With a legendary book by  Fred Ebb  and  Bob Fosse, music by  John Kander  and lyrics by  Fred Ebb,  Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording and is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s,  Chicago  is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE: Mondays at 7pm, Tuesdays at 7pm, Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2:30pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm & 7pm
Note: Added Holiday Performances Wednesday April 13th  @ 2pm & 7pm

Tickets are available in person at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W 49th  St). Box office hours are Monday thru Saturday 10am-8:30pm, Sunday 12pm-7:30pm. Tickets are also available at  ChicagotheMusical.com. Buy tickets for  Chicago  now for any performance through April 30, 2022, and you can either exchange or refund your tickets into any other date until 48 hours before the performance.

photos from previous casts

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