Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread- Page 144
Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
#3575Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 10/21/25 at 2:05pm
I’m excited for a redheaded Roxie!
#3576Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 10/21/25 at 2:24pm
Tokyo Banana said: "I’m happy for Kate Baldwin, she’s been doing a lot of little regional theater/community theater shows out in Jersey. She was outstanding in The Bridges of Madison county, and excellent in What the Constitution means to me.
it’s funny, I was hoping either her or Betsy Wolfe would replace in Ragtime. Guess not
"
Baldwin could still replace Levy in Ragtime.
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.
#3577Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/2/25 at 8:25pm
Angela Grovey is leaving two weeks early. She was out most of last week. Nakiya Peterkin will rejoin the show for two weeks before Newell joins the show on Nov. 17.
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.
#3578Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/10/25 at 1:22pm
Anyone here catching Kate Baldwin’s Roxie debut this evening?
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#3579Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/10/25 at 3:13pm
EDSOSLO858 said: "Anyone here catching Kate Baldwin’sRoxie debut this evening?"
i'll wait until Alex joins and hear reviews about both of them.
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.
#3580Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/10/25 at 10:24pm
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ5pBuAjYxg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ==
"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)
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#3581Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/10/25 at 10:34pm
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "https://www.instagram.com/reel/DQ5pBuAjYxg/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ=="
She looks fantastic!
#3582Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/11/25 at 9:04am
A few years ago, the Chicago cast presented me with this video greeting on my birthday (11 11 61). Today's my 64th. https://youtu.be/H6U8CGv7n_E?si=KfXVvLup-jYze_UL
"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)
#3583Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/14/25 at 7:52am
Has anyone seen Kate Baldwin as Roxie? Details please.
"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)
#3584Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 10:52am
Lots of seats available tonight for Alex's Mama debut.
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.
#3585Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 5:27pm
Anyone going to see Alex tonight?
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#3586Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 6:29pm
What’s the over/under on Alex’s understudy going on at least once this week?
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#3587Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 8:00pm
quizking101 said: "What’s the over/under on Alex’s understudy going on at least once this week?"
I'd bet on it once Alex has a few weeks under their belt. Newell will get bored with the role shortly.
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.
#3588Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 10:01pm
After saying the show was in horrible shape last month, they seem to have been rejuvenated by this new cast. Kate is WONDERFUL. Alex is maybe the best Mama I’ve seen in many many years and Tam is a perfect Billy. Even Sophie is giving a sharper performance (and i love her Velma). I went tonight since it’s probably the only show you can guarantee Alex being in and I’m very glad i did. The audience was half asleep and pretty sparse but I had a much better time than i expected to have.
#3589Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/17/25 at 11:28pm
I was there tonight too. I went to see Kate and agree that she is phenomenal. Is there anything that she cannot do? Sophie is a terrific Velma and reminded me of Chita. I had a wonderful time. This show still stands up. The song Class took on even more meaning for me today.
#3590Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/18/25 at 6:12am
Jordan Catalano said: "After saying the show was in horrible shape last month, they seem to have been rejuvenated by this new cast. Kate is WONDERFUL. Alex is maybe the best Mama I’ve seen in many many years and Tam is a perfect Billy. Even Sophie is giving a sharper performance (and i love her Velma). I went tonight since it’s probably the only show you can guarantee Alex being in and I’m very glad i did. The audience was half asleep and pretty sparse but I had a much better time than i expected to have."
Jordan, would you describe Kate's singing and dancing in some detail?
"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)
#3591Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/18/25 at 7:31am
Jordan Catalano said: "After saying the show was in horrible shape last month, they seem to have been rejuvenated by this new cast. Kate is WONDERFUL. Alex is maybe the best Mama I’ve seen in many many years and Tam is a perfect Billy. Even Sophie is giving a sharper performance (and i love her Velma). I went tonight since it’s probably the only show you can guarantee Alex being in and I’m very glad i did. The audience was half asleep and pretty sparse but I had a much better time than i expected to have."
I'm also curious about Baldwin's dancing. In her interviews leading up to it, she said she was taking some vocals "up" as most of Roxie's singing is lower than what she usually sings.
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.
#3592Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/18/25 at 9:51am
I mean, she’s not Ann Reinking but she looked great! Maybe I’m just judging against what Sorvino did but she really looked great up there. And they both did the cartwheels, for anyone wondering.
#3593Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/18/25 at 10:02am
Considering last night was also their 29th Anniversary and Newell's debut was a surprise that they weren't even close to being soldout.
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.
#3594Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 11:33am
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRa7fDtjz35/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Chita as Roxie
"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)
#3595Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 11:51am
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRckd9GEWgh/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== Barney Martin as Amos (original Broadway production) In this IG article, there's a story about the real life inspiration for the character of Amos Hart:
Did you know, “Mr. Cellophane” in Bob Fosse’s Chicago was based performances by Bert Williams? Williams was the first modern Black entertainment star: the first Black recording artist, one of the earliest Black leading men on film, and the first Black performer to star in a major Broadway production (Ziegfeld Follies) with white actors. His signature song, “Nobody,” a hauntingly comic lament about being unseen, directly inspired the creation and tone of “Mr. Cellophane.” Fosse and Kander & Ebb drew on Williams’s bittersweet blend of humor and pathos — the ability to make audiences laugh while revealing something painful underneath.
Williams’s career was full of contradictions. He achieved tremendous success while navigating a segregated industry that forced him into blackface even as he tried to subvert it. Unlike many other blackface performers, Williams did not play for laughs at the expense of other African Americans or black culture. Instead, he based his humor on universal situations in which any members of his audience might find themselves. In the style of vaudeville, Williams performed in blackface makeup like his white counterparts. Blackface worked like a double mask for him. It emphasized the difference between Williams, his fellow vaudevillians, and his white audiences.
"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)
Updated On: 11/24/25 at 11:51 AM
#3596Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 12:12pm
Longtime veteran swing, Jennifer Dunne, is back in the show as Chelsea James's last day was yesterday.
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.
#3597Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 2:06pm
ACL2006 said: "Considering last night was also their 29th Anniversary and Newell's debut was a surprise thatthey weren't even close to being soldout."
Did they do a lot to even promote it? (FWIW technically, their opening night was November 14, 1996.) I'm sure next year will be a much bigger deal.
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#3598Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 2:42pm
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DRadA1fkeLE/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=NTc4MTIwNjQ2YQ== The vaudevillian inspiration for Me and My Baby (Eddie Cantor).
"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)
#3599Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 11/24/25 at 3:00pm
Lenora Nemetz on her mid show debut as Roxie in the 1975 production. https://www.instagram.com/p/DRXgDDgDukc/
"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)
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