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Chicago the Musical Appreciation Thread
#3650Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 12/15/25 at 10:26pm
ACL2006 said: "Looks like everyone is back today for both shows."
Yes! Fingers crossed for tomorrow night, I'll be there first row!
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#3651Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 12/15/25 at 11:24pm
ACL2006 said: "FANtomFollies said: "ACL2006 said: "Looks like everyone is back today for both shows."
Yay! Thanks for the update, this gives me a lot of hope they'll be in the show tomorrow :)"
I'd love to hear a review of this cast. Tonight's show is apparently soldout."
Just got home and that was fantastic. I haven't seen the show in about 20 years and it was in quite a sad state on that visit. I'm happy to report that tonight was a complete 180. I'm so pleasantly surprised, even knowing how talented the leads are. Robyn Hurder is just the most classic definition of a triple threat. Her confidence is instantly infectious and you know you are in good hands the seconds she rises from the stage for All That Jazz. Everything she does has sort of sly wink-wink to the audience that works in this show so well. Her bad-girl attitude was so much fun in the moments that she butts heads with Roxie. She's just so perfectly suited to Velma it erased any memory of previous interpretations, including Catherine Zeta Jones.
I'm admittedly a big Kate Baldwin fan, and she exceeded my expectations. She is one of the most 'present' actors I feel like I've ever seen. She is literally living and breathing every moment as the character and you feel like you are seeing her react in real time to everything around her. It was actually distracting when she is on stage during All That Jazz because it made it hard to watch Robyn. Not in a bad way, but I was afraid I would miss a tiny moment Kate was having with Fred Casely. And yes, her vocals are beautiful. There was something so refreshing and unusual about hearing someone that has such a classical sounding voice singing the jazzy/vaudeville numbers. On paper, she almost shouldn't work as Roxie but I think that tension is what made her so interesting to watch tonight.
And of course, Alex Newell simply blew the roof off the theater with When You're Good To Mama. That was expected but I loved how fully formed of a character their Mama was. I wasn't expecting that. This Mama had depth and layers to her, and Class was a standout number. Alex really is one of the most exciting Broadway performers of the new generation, in my opinion.
To sum it up, everything about tonight's performance just felt cohesive and worked. If anyone has any interest in seeing the show, this is THE time and THE cast.
#3652Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 12/16/25 at 9:17am
FYI, Robyn Hurder is out this Saturday, December 20. Just a heads up.
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.
#3653Chicago The Musical Appreciation Thread
Posted: 12/16/25 at 10:25am
I forgot to mention that last night, Kate Baldwin and Robyn Hurder both had different wigs. Robyn's is now a blonde and both women have more relaxed, modern hairstyles. Kate's especially looked like it could be her own hair. I've said before that I hate the period wigs in this production as they just don't make any sense. Everything else in the production is minimal and modern. I know when the show opened the hair was very modern - Bebe's pixie cut is iconic at this point. So maybe this marks a return to that aesthetic.
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