Her acting and singing were very good. The audience was definitely with her and supportive of her throughout, which was fantastic to see. Her Roxie monologue was her best number and she sold it extremely well. The dancing left a lot to be desired though - she didn't do all of the choreography in Me and My Baby and her Hot Honey Rag was tentative and it seemed like she relied on her costar a lot instead of having the confidence in herself to pull of the dance moves (which I am sure she is highly capable of doing). Nevertheless, I had a fantastic time and am thrilled to have caught her as I am a huge fan of hers from her Melrose Place days back in the late 90s. I'm very sorry to hear that she has been missing so many performances, but I'm grateful that I live here am able to be flexible as to when I can see it, as opposed to the tourists who are only here for a few days.
Chelsea James made her debut today as Go-To-Hell Kitty.
Jeff Gorti was on as Fred Casely this weekend and Joseph London was on as Mary Sunshine all weekend, too.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
The delightful (and fellow Texan) Dylis Croman is returning as Roxie from November 11th (my birthday) to November 24.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Max Clayton will be Billy Flynn next week while Max von Essen is on vacation.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Today, I turned 63 (ugh). I was born on November 11, 1961 in Laredo, Texas. I hope to visit NYC sometime in December.
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Interesting u/s situation tonight. Mikalya Renfrow was on as Velma. Dylis back as Roxie and Max Clayton is back this week as Billy. Chelsea James covered Hunyak, Sharon Moore covered Liz and Mary Claire King split tracked tonight playing Kitty and covering Annie. Denny Pascall was on as Amos and Eddie Bennett is back for two weeks and covered Aaron. Jayke Workman is also back as the Mary Sunshine standby.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Raymond Bokhour is out of Chicago until further notice. Red Concepcion was called back into the show last night and will cover the role for the next two weeks. With Joseph London on vacation, Denny Paschall was playing Amos since Monday. London played Amos all last weekend.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
Chicago is the lone Broadway show performing on Thanksgiving. Some of the cast took to their IGs to vent and say they're scheduled to do 14 shows in ten days without a day off.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
They’re lucky to be employed. Like Mitzi Gaynor told future actor Tim Bagley when he was one of her dancers in the 1970s and he wasn’t feeling good and wanted a day off: “honey, we’re performers, we hunker thru but we don’t take a day off - the show still goes on.”
ACL2006 said: "Chicago is the lone Broadway show performing on Thanksgiving. Some of the cast took to their IGs to vent and say they're scheduled to do 14 shows in ten days without a day off." That is frigging cruel!
"Noel [Coward] and I were in Paris once. Adjoining rooms, of course. One night, I felt mischievous, so I knocked on Noel's door, and he asked, 'Who is it?' I lowered my voice and said 'Hotel detective. Have you got a gentleman in your room?' He answered, 'Just a minute, I'll ask him.'" (Beatrice Lillie)
Chicago did sellout their show tonight. A friend grabbed a SRO ticket after the parade as he's staying in NYC for the weekend. Not bad considering the show has only one (D-list) name in it.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.
What is happening at Chicago? Haley Swindal was called in yesterday to cover "Mama" for the weekend. Red Concepcion is still covering Amos. Thursday saw Sharon Moore somehow doing a split track of June and Annie. Rachel Schur was Mama on Thursday with Kristen Faith Oei as Velma. Chelsea James covered Hunyak that night.
A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.