Reviews of Chicago Fan Day Performance — Page 3

Are you serious? I thought Leigh was FANTASTIC! She was so exciting as Velma, IMO.

While Zimmerman is certainly stunning to look at, I thought her Velma was rather bland, as well.

From Seth Rudetsky's article about Chicago Fan Day:

And now, I'm back in NYC. The Weisslers came up with an idea that if a fan of Chicago got ten of their friends to "like" the fan page, they that fan would get a free ticket to the show. Well, the Jan. 30 matinee was the performance, and Julie James and I hosted the pre-show event. I got there a little late because the Number 1 train refused to come. And I have proof I'm not lying because I was waiting for the train with Walter Bobbie ,who's the director of Chicago! Finally, my ol' "the-trains-were-slow-today" excuse can be backed up by a Tony Award winner. Anyhoo, it was so much fun and the audience was so psyched to be there. We had lots of giveaways and decided to give one prize by having a Chicago trivia contest. I got two Super Fans who were both extremely excited, and told them they each had to say the name of an actress who's played Velma Kelly and whoever can't think of one is the loser. Well, even though they were both obviously knowledgable about the show, it ended pretty quickly.

ME: Start naming Velma Kellys.
FAN 1: Chita Rivera.
FAN 2: Bebe Neuwirth.
FAN 1: Ashlee Simpson.
(Gasp from the audience.)

I informed him that he lost because Ashlee played Roxie, not Velma. I followed that statement by seriously intoning "And we never speak of it." He was a great sport and said that he
panicked because he was so excited.

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I never face-palmed harder when my friend Mike flubbed on the Ashlee Simpson...That was painful.

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