Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

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Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 4:44pm

http://www.thesun.co.uk/popupWindow/0,,2005152986,00.html

From a British newspaper..

BWW News: Brooke Shields in Chicago

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 4:46pm

She certainly looks the part...Let's just hope she can sing it.

#3

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 4:56pm

Brooke can definitely sing it (this is a role sung by the likes of Gwen Verdon, Ann Reinking and Melanie Griffith -- not exactly your vocal divas) -- I just wonder if she can DANCE it!

She'll probably be great and I bet she ends up doing this in NYC.

#4

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:07pm

woah....she looks GREAT!

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#5

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:08pm

I hope she does bring it to NY - I'd go and see it even though I've already seen the revival twice. I thought she was excellent in Wonderful Town.

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#6

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:21pm

WOW. She looks fantastic.

I have no doubt she can sing the part. She sang Ruth fine in WT. And as someone stated, Roxie is not for an amazing singer, it just basically calls for a female who can carry a tune.

Roxie's dancing is not as difficult as Velma's, so I think Brooke will be fine. Also, if you didn't know. Roxie's big dance number is"Me and My Baby", and Reinking choreographed 3 different versions of this number - an easy version, a semi more advanced version, than the most difficult version - the one we see Charlotte D'amboise do. So if anything, for MAMB they can just give Brooke the medium version if she can't handle the difficult version.

I really hope Barry & Fran bring her to NYC after London.

#7

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:24pm

She looks great, but somehow I'm just not really feeling the whole Brooke Shields as Roxie thing.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:49pm

I have doubted her in the past as well, but I've always been wrong

#9

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 5:58pm

Looks like a painting...

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 6:00pm

if she comes to nyc do you think we'll get a brooke shields in chicago cd?- i'd buy it in a heartbeat if they had her put over anne reinking with the obc... if they weisslers would do another for wonderful town that close to closing i don't see why not. Although i'd love the full current(well current as of the time she gets there) b'way cast more i'd settle for this.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 6:02pm

She looks hot as Roxie!

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#12

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 6:44pm

Does anyone think that looks like Brooke's head on someone else's body? Even the shadow looks phony. Wish they would have given her a nice, crisp, black-and-white shot. Still, I'm sure she's going to make a good Roxie (and Charley Izabella King will make a rockin' Velma with her!)

#13

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 8:09pm

I wouldn't go so far as to say Brooke sang Ruth "fine." She was passable and didn't embarass herself. I think she's a truly terrible actress, she tries waaaay too hard, and is often strident, but I do appreciate that she's trying to reinvent herself as a stage actress.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 8:15pm

well kindnessofstrangers take into account the nature of roxie hart, she is not supposed to be exceptionally talented, theres a reason she isn't in vaudville until she becomes a murderess. so therefor having a decent singer who's acting is a bit forced should be pretty much ideal casting

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 8:16pm

i dont usually like girls, but... she looks hot!

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/6/05 at 8:36pm

Brooke will be perfect in that role.
And of course she looks great. Don't you kids remember the ad campaign
"NOTHING COMES BETWEEN ME AND MY CALVIN'S?
Brooke was a super model.
She is a very nice person. She was in my home room.
A very nice person back then.

Updated On: 4/6/05 at 08:36 PM

#17

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 11:22am

Well, let me be the first to break it to you -- there's a distinct difference between a talented actress playing an untalented wannabe actress and an untalented actress playing the same. She might be fine, who knows? She's undeniably beautiful and that goes a long way in my book.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 11:32am

Don't agree about Brooke's acting. She has improved tremendously in the past ten years! I was amazed and impressed when I saw her in the small indy film The Weekend. And she is a good comedienne too, in my opinion.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 12:05pm

She looks amazing!!! I have a feeling she is going to be incredible. We can probably count on her doing a turn on Broadway as Roxie.

I think she does dance. In fact, I remember some sort of profile on her on E! a few years back and it showed her in a dance class. It was a jazz class and she moved extremely well. Granted it was only about 10 seconds of footage but I could tell she could dance. I think we are going to continue to be pleasantly surprised by Miss Brooke.

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 12:54pm

I think that she looks amazing. Break a Leg Brooke!

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 12:59pm

i think she will be great! i really hope she comes to broadway to play this as well!

Updated On: 4/7/05 at 12:59 PM

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re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 1:00pm

Well, I used to take dance at Broadway Dance, and Brooke was there EVERY Saturday morning sweating her butt off with the rest of the kids. I met her once and it was amazing to see how much she was just like everyone else -- very friendly and just there to improve herself. I have a feeling that she has taken this approach in all aspects of her life (acting, singing, etc.), so I applaud her for her efforts to be more than just a model and wish her much success.

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#23

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 1:00pm

Wait.. when does she start Chicago?? (wow I haven't been on this site in a while)

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#24

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 1:19pm

She looks good! :)

#25

re: Brooke Shields as Roxie - photo

Posted: 4/7/05 at 1:37pm

Wow! What a knockout she is. I think she'll do great. Anyone will be better than Melanie Griffith, right??