Posted: 9/15/16 at 9:53pm
Very exciting Daniely is extending. I know they'll probably stunt cast for the holiday season but I do hope Daniely extends another month into November so I can see him!
Posted: 9/17/16 at 8:46pm
Jason Danieley sets a new personal record for "the" note in "The Gun." NEW "GUN" RECORD! @ChicagoMusical :35.58 BanjoJay, who tells me the time every show, had the hugest smile when he told me.
Posted: 9/19/16 at 6:15pm
Dylis Croman will continue on as Roxie Hart for a little while longer. https://www.telecharge.com/Broadway/Chicago/Overview
Posted: 9/20/16 at 11:37am
Great to hear she extended! Gives me a few weeks to see Dylis, Lana, and Jason in the roles.So rare for a repeat viewer like myself to get a completely new set of leads in this show!
Posted: 9/21/16 at 12:06pm
Posted: 9/21/16 at 6:03pm
I have no idea who she is.
Updated On: 9/21/16 at 06:03 PM
Posted: 9/21/16 at 6:40pm
I don't either. It's only for 6 weeks, so it's not a long run.
Posted: 9/21/16 at 9:17pm
One guess as to who will be her "Velma" mentor.
Posted: 9/21/16 at 9:32pm
I have no idea who she is but she's only 21 years old... which means that the cast around her is going to look comedically ancient.
Posted: 9/21/16 at 11:01pm
I've been meaning to get over to the Ambassador and check out the show - one of the few long running ones I haven't been able to see. I go back and forth on their casting practices - but when they get it right, and stunt cast people like Patti Labelle (doubt it'll happen given her schedule, but if she ever did do the show at some point on Broadway in the years to come, people would flock to the theater for tickets - there's an awesome clip of her doing these nuts riffs up on Youtube during a leg the show played on the West Coast) it elevates the material and adds an extra something to the show.
Posted: 9/21/16 at 11:24pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4yaDyi5r5U
Posted: 9/21/16 at 11:33pm
After I saw the Patti LaBelle video, I came upon this (rather risque) video of Florence Henderson singing "When You're Good To Mama"....in black leather and whips. I don't know how to process that one. It's from 2013. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYOCPWfCpqY#t=69.464775
Posted: 9/22/16 at 6:23am
Happy Birthday to Mary Sunshine (a.k.a. Ryan Lowe).
Posted: 9/22/16 at 11:27am
Werk it, Florence Henderson. LOL
Posted: 10/4/16 at 10:54am
The Disney Channel star (Veronica Dunne) who will be Roxie has a FANTASTIC voice! She would have been a magnificent Cinderella if the show was still running.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muZUfDb0k1k
Posted: 10/5/16 at 2:10pm
Wow... Lana Gordon has extended once more as Velma Kelly! This is probably the longest "Chicago" has gone w/o AFW as Velma. I guess the show decided they needed Lana to mentor Veronica Dunne as the newest Roxie. https://www.telecharge.com/Broadway/Chicago/Overview
Updated On: 10/5/16 at 02:10 PM
Posted: 10/5/16 at 4:58pm
Good for her. What was looking like just a 4 week run has turned into a 4 month run. Any new blood/energy for this show is always a welcomed site.
Posted: 10/5/16 at 6:27pm
Happy Birthday to Miss Terra C (Velma Kelly)!
Posted: 10/5/16 at 6:29pm
Posted: 10/5/16 at 8:30pm
Hey guys, I have two more questions about the show.
1.) When did the producers start to stunt cast?
2.) When did the producers start only offering the leads short contracts? It seems to me that most of the time a lead would do the show between 2- 4 months then leave and come back eventually and do the same 2-4 month contract.
Posted: 10/9/16 at 1:48pm
The lovely Lana Gordon getting ready for showtime as "Velma Kelly". (via ChicagoTheMusical on Twitter)
Posted: 10/10/16 at 2:46am
Patti LuPone FANatic said: "Wow... Lana Gordon has extended once more as Velma Kelly! This is probably the longest "Chicago" has gone w/o AFW as Velma. I guess the show decided they needed Lana to mentor Veronica Dunne as the newest Roxie. https://www.telecharge.com/Broadway/Chicago/Overview
"
There's no mentoring going on.
Posted: 10/10/16 at 3:09am
1) what do you consider stunt casting? When I'd watch the show I'd hear often "that's the woman from cheers" re bebe, is that stunt casting?
2) Chicago. Tends to only do couple month contracts cause they like to leave it open incase a star wants to do it. It's been like that since the early 2000s, that's how Fran and Barry like it.
3) @pattifan you find that performance of Florence that risqué? I love that performance.
Dallas Theatre Fan said: "Hey guys, I have two more questions about the show.
1.) When did the producers start to stunt cast?
2.) When did the producers start only offering the leads short contracts? It seems to me that most of the time a lead would do the show between 2- 4 months then leave and come back eventually and do the same 2-4 month contract.
"
Posted: 10/10/16 at 6:13am
Yes, JBradshaw...call me old fashioned, but seeing Florence Henderson in black leather and brandishing a whip is risque. (She'd make a fantastic Mama Morton.) I wonder who is next for "Billy Flynn", once Jason Danieley's current run ends?
Posted: 10/10/16 at 7:12pm
Congratulations to Ryan Lowe for his 12th year (today) as Mary Sunshine in "Chicago."
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