Will Charlotte be back in CHICAGO before ACL?

Hi all,

Will Charlotte be doing one last run in CHICAGO? She's my fave Roxie, and I would love one last chance to see Roxie's Soliloquoy as only she can do it.

Tried searching, but couldn't find anything.

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Updated On: 3/26/06 at 12:29 AM

Is Charlotte part of the cast or she is helping out with choreography/behind the scenes? I don't remember seeing her name on the cast list.

Charlotte Rae is in 70 GIRLS 70.

Charlotte d'Amboise is prepping for Cassie in A CHORUS LINE.

Charlotte never really stays away from CHICAGO. I am sure once her run is done in ACL, CHICAGO will still be open. And I'm sure the Weisslers will have her back one more time.

She's played the role on and off for 9 years.

Does anybody else feel bad a little bit for Charlotte d'Amboise, I mean she is so talented and nobody really knows her.

Trust me, after A CHORUS LINE. I think Charlotte will definitely become a bigger Broadway name.

But yep, she is returning to Chicago before ACL!

Charlotte d'Amboise (4/24 - 5/ 28

For a nice month.

Then hopefully bye-bye Chicago. and hello ACL!

Updated On: 3/27/06 at 06:53 PM

Does anyone know who's Velma Kelly she will be playing against when she returns? I would give anything to see her and Brenda Braxton together again...

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Updated On: 3/27/06 at 07:10 PM

Yeah, but being a top notch triple threat that d'Amboise is, she deserves more.

She has become known as the "replacement queen." And she is kind of the Weissler's "bitch" - they throw her in the show whenever they don't feel like looking for a new Roxie.

But this is ALL changing, this fall.

A CHORUS LINE, baby!

Doogie -- you're 100% correct. Why feel bad for Charlotte? She has consistently worked for YEARS. That's what it's all about in this business. I'd feel bad if she was unemployed for 8 out of the last 10 years, but she's gone from one project to another and worked on several projects simultaneously on occasion. Many actors would KILL to be in that situation. You may think of her as the Weissler's b*tch, but I'm sure she doesn't view it that way. She's been able to leave a Weissler project to have a baby and then she's allowed to return when she wants. She's been allowed to work on other projects and come back to Chicago. I'm sure that's due to the fact that the Weissler's know she's a reliable, talented professional.

Another triple threat that I put in the same category as Charlotte is Karen Ziemba. She's someone who should have been a top-level Broadway star, but she has also ended up the "replacement queen." Many thought that Steel Pier would be her breakout role, but it didn't happen.

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tony buzz 2007...

Charlotte D'Amboise in A CHORUS LINE

:)

Charlotte called herself the replacement queen in one article, and since has said that she regrets it even to this very day.

"Trust me, after A CHORUS LINE. I think Charlotte will definitely become a bigger Broadway name."

Truse me, that's EXACTLY what they said about Donna McKechnie.

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The dates in the article, from what I can see, are wrong though. (edited to add that at 'early oclock' I read the article wrong and it does state that Charlotte and Brenda will return after Obba) Charlotte and Obba won't return at the same time. Charlotte will come into the company a week later and the intrim Roxie will be the faaaaaaaaaabulous Tracy Shayne.

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Updated On: 3/30/06 at 08:27 AM

yeah, I think I read somewhere that Robin Givens is staying like a week past John.

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Updated On: 4/17/06 at 08:24 AM