Chicago Tour question

Has anybody seen the "Chicago" tour recently? I've never seen the show (just the movie) and I was considering seeing it when it's in town this November. I wanted to see what kind of shape it's in though.

I saw the tour in January and it is excellent. It takes awhile to get used to the simplicity of the show, but once you do its truly an amazing show

Yeah, I know it's very minimalistic, but thank you for describing it more fully, BrodyFosse. I'm actually totally cool with it not having the same "razzle dazzle" as the film and original production did.

Great to hear that the cast is fantastic though! I'm trying to get somebody to take me for my birthday! lol

Who is currently playing the leads? It's going to be here in Louisville in a couple of weeks and the cast is kind of the deciding factor for me.

Forgive me if I've overlooked something but I couldn't find anything on google or the actual website as far as the current cast is concerned.

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Terra C MacLeod as Velma
Bianca Marroquin as Roxie
Kevin Richardson as Billy

Not sure who's playing Mama right now. Carol Woods maybe? It's not Roz Ryan. No idea.

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Kevin Richardson, as in The Backstreet Boys Kevin Richardson? I know it's not fair to judge a performer prior to seeing them in a show. But.. still. Ew.

Maybe he'll be marvelous and I'll completely eat my words. I hope he proves me wrong!

I actually LOVE it when they cast younger Billy's. It really adds an extra something to the role. I think Kevin very much looks the part, I just don't know if he can act or sing it.

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Thanks for the fb heads-up, musicalFan.

I knew Kevin was from here, had no clue he was doing the tour. It would be cool if Paige Davis showed up to play Roxie for the 3 day stop here, she's also from here.

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That's a pretty good cast, if that's who's in it when it comes to your town.

I second everyone's positive comments on Kevin Richardson as Billy. He played the role in several productions (Broadway, Canada, US Tour, London and Tokyo). I saw him in London several years ago and thoroughly enjoyed his performance. Wouldn't mind seeing him back on Broadway (maybe even in another show, I think he'd make a wonderful Nick Massi in Jersey Boys).

I saw the matinee yesterday in Louisville. I loved it. I only had the movie to compare it to, I've never seen another stage production of Chicago. My friend hadn't seen the movie so she had no idea what to expect. She really liked it, too.

I liked the simplistic staging and costumes. It made the performances stand out. My favorite was "Cell Block Tango".

I LOVED the actress playing Roxie. With all the other stuff going on, it was still hard to look at anything but her. I didn't want to miss her facial expressions whenever she reacted to what someone else said. Mama Morton was great, too. I didn't care so much for Velma. She had a good voice, but she didn't do much for me. I thought Kevin Richardson did a great job as Billy. I didn't know he was going to be there until I was in my seat reading his bio. I admit, I was excited to see someone I used to be a fan of 10 years ago. He was very charming. His performance during "We Both Reached for the Gun" was very entertaining.

The rest of the cast... wow. They were all terrific dancers and I gotta say, the boys were quite nice to look at.

I'm not really good at reviews, so I'm just going to call this my thoughts on yesterday's show. Anybody else see it in Louisville?

I'm going to see the show tomorrow night in Columbus, OH. Anyone seen it recently? I'm really looking foward to it! :)

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As of January, Bianca Marroquin and Brenda Braxon were Roxie and Velma, Tom Wopat was Billy, Carol Woods was Mama. Wopat is obviously in SoS right now, but the other leads might still be the same.

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