Paige Davis, Lawrence, O'Hurley, and Carter, Now Added To Chicago's 10th!

http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101102.html

Okay.. list so far.

Really would like to see Henshall and Lemper added.


http://www.playbill.com/news/article/101157.html

Updated On: 8/4/06 at 11:08 AM

Well I DOUBT she's the worst performer ever to hit the stage.

BUT they are splitting the show up between ALL these stars. SO Griffith will NOT be doing much.

Shield's Roxie monologue was unbelievable. but I have a feeling they'll give the big ROXIE number to Reinking.

Still only the one Velma...

I wonder if Bebe will do most of the show, along with maybe current Velma, Brenda Braxton?

Will Charlotte D'Amboise get to participate, or is this just for stars?

Updated On: 7/27/06 at 11:28 AM

There were never any really "star" Velmas. But it would be very werid if all the Roxie's split up the show, and Bebe played Velma the whole time.

The only sort of name Velma(s) I can think of are Jasmine Guy, Sharon Lawrence, and Vicki Lewis.

But they are still going to announce more names, so we'll see if we get any Velmas.

I agree, Chita NEEDS to be part of this.

But I think she'll take part of performing Roxie, considering that's what she played in this version of Chicago. I think Velma is too special for her, and she'd want to keep those memories back in the 70's.

Maybe Rivera is busy with her tour.

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ashleybrownfan- i doubt there will be too many more amoses or mamas since amos only has one song (and the spoken part of funny honey) and mama's got 2

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I am actually very disappointed with some of these choices. I assume they're getting stars like Griffith so people buy the benefit-priced tickets but Wayne Brady was a very disappointing Billy Flynn and don't even get me started on Griffith. Brooke Shields was delightful as Roxie but hardly the best. Ruthie Henshall must be part of this benefit. I preferred her Roxie to her Velma, her "Funny Honey" has only been surpassed by Gwen Verdon's (just my opinion of course and I haven't seen every single Roxie ever so it's not necessarily a valid opinion either). Ute Lemper will most likely tell the Weisslers to suck it, but Caroline O'Connor should definitely be part of the performance.

The last i heard was Caroline O 'Connor was unsure if she was able to do this, due to the Judy Garland show "Over the Rainbow"..

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if they split up "when you're good to mama" i will love them forever if they have jennifer holliday to bring it home from "so what the one conclusion..." to the end

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Actually the nose-bleed seats are $250. BUT no sites are saying that.

But I was told that on the phone.

And the money is benefiting SAFE HORIZON. An AMAZING charity for victims of violence.

I hope they do record a new CD/DVD of the show but plz NOT with Brooke/Melanie plz!
I think they should hav Liza, Sandy Duncan and alot of the old ensemble like Mamie...etc
I really cant wait to see how they're making this 10th Anniversary thing work. In the mean time, let's hope there can be more inspired castings!
PS: Ruthie... where are you?????

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This REALLY sucks the $250 seats are sold ot. Those were my only chance. $500 is ridiculous, so oh well.

I just WISH, the Weisslers understand that a lot of fans can't afford these prices, and they would do a limited rush (like Rent's lotto.)

And all the money from the rush could go to Horizon also. That would be so amazing. I just wish it could happen. Or atleast they could film this performance.