In which musical is Roxy Hart one of the characters?
"understand their characters since they are too self involved. To improve their image, the actors decide to take up ""a cause"" to appear selfless. They team up with two other actor friends, Trent Oliver, who is an actor and Juilliard graduate down on his luck but who has just been cast in the non-equity tour of ""Godspell"" and Angie Dickinson, a life long chorus girl who just quit her job of 20 years in the musical ""Chicago"" after the producers never let her go on for the role of Roxie Hart. After searching on Twitter they find Emma’s story and"
"Roxie Hart Roxanne ""Roxie"" Hart is a fictional character originally from the 1926 play ""Chicago"". The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the real-life 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner (for separate crimes), which she covered for the ""Chicago Tribune"" (both women were acquitted). Annan was the basis for Roxie Hart. The play made it to Broadway in 1926 and ran for 172 performances. Gaertner attended the Chicago opening. Its adaptations include: Performers who have portrayed Roxie Hart in the musical also include Katherine Edgar, Paige Davis, Liza Minnelli (who substituted for Gwen Verdon in"
"Aoife Mulholland Aoife Mulholland ( ; ; born 29 May 1978) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End. She has starred as Roxie Hart (twice) in ""Chicago"", at the Cambridge Theatre and for 18 months as Maria von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" at the London Palladium; and as Brooke Wyndham in ""Legally Blonde"" at the Savoy Theatre. She has also appeared in concerts, films and several popular TV series. Mulholland was first seen nationally in 2006 on the hit BBC TV show ""How Do"
"Roxie Hart (film) Roxie Hart, also known as Chicago or Chicago Gal, is a 1942 American comedy film directed by William A. Wellman and starring Ginger Rogers, Adolphe Menjou, George Montgomery, Nigel Bruce, Phil Silvers, William Frawley and Spring Byington. The film is an adaptation of the 1926 play ""Chicago"" by Maurine Dallas Watkins, a journalist who had found her inspiration in two real-life Chicago trials she had covered for the press. The play had already been adapted once before, as the 1927 silent movie ""Chicago"", and it would later be adapted as the 1975 musical ""Chicago"", which in turn"
"is now immensely proud of the singer and her performances at the London Palladium as Maria; Lloyd Webber announced her recruitment saying her audition was ""sensational."" Shortly after ""HDYSAPLM"" finished in December 2006 Mulholland was signed by agents Curtis Brown and promptly took on the part of Roxie Hart, a lead character in the West End musical ""Chicago"". She received positive reviews in the ""Daily Mail"", Broadway.com and The Irish World. Mulholland left the cast of ""Chicago"" at the end of March 2007. That December, she was invited back to attend the 10 Year Charity Gala performance and Black Tie"
"this time as Roxie Hart. In 2014 she returned again, this time playing ""Mama"" Morton, making her the first person to play three different characters at three separate times during the course of a single Broadway run. She appeared in a musical revue ""Here Lies Jenny"", that featured songs by Kurt Weill, sung and danced by Neuwirth and a four-person supporting cast, as part of an unspoken ambiguous story in an anonymous seedy bar possibly in Berlin in the 1930s. The show ran from May 7 through October 3, 2004, in the Zipper Theater in New York City. ""Here Lies"
"Bianca Marroquín Bianca Marroquín is a Mexican musical theatre and television actress known as the first Mexican actress to have a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of ""Chicago"". Bianca Marroquín became part of the Mexico City cast of ""Beauty and the Beast"", so she decided to move to Mexico City and start her professional theatre career. She performed in Mexican productions of several Broadway musicals: ""Rent"" (1999–2001), ""The Phantom of the Opera"", and ""Chicago"", which landed her an invitation to perform as Roxie Hart, with George Hamilton"
"but if you have confidence in your talent, in your own ability, nobody can take that away from you and you will succeed. Never give up. Learn from your mistakes and move on."" Aoife Mulholland Aoife Mulholland ( ; ; born 29 May 1978) is an Irish actress and musical theatre performer from Salthill, Galway. Aoife is a successful leading lady in London's West End. She has starred as Roxie Hart (twice) in ""Chicago"", at the Cambridge Theatre and for 18 months as Maria von Trapp in ""The Sound of Music"" at the London Palladium; and as Brooke Wyndham in"
"include Meg Giry in the Australian production of ""Love Never Dies"" (2011) and ""Bombshells"" at the Ensemble Theatre (2013). Millerchip has won three Helpmann Awards. She has twice received Best Female Actor in a Musical for productions of ""Chicago"", in 2001 as Velma Kelly and in 2009 as Roxie Hart. She was awarded Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical in 2008 for ""The Rocky Horror Show"". Sharon Millerchip Sharon Millerchip is an Australian actor, singer and dancer, best known for her performances in major musical theatre productions. Millerchip played Meg Giry in the original Australian production"
"time. In 1996, she was asked to create the choreography ""in the style of Bob Fosse"" for an all-star four-night-only concert staging of ""Chicago"" for City Center's annual Encores! Concert Series. When the producers could not obtain a suitable actress for the role of Roxie Hart, Reinking agreed to reprise the role after almost 20 years. This concert staging of ""Chicago"" was a hit, and a few months later the production (in its concert staging presentation) was produced on Broadway, with the Encores! cast: Reinking, Bebe Neuwirth, Joel Grey, James Naughton, and Marcia Lewis. In November 2016 the revival celebrated"
"in musicals following the series. Aoife Mulholland was cast in December 2006 as Roxie Hart in the West End musical ""Chicago"", and took on the role of Maria in the West End production for two shows per week in April 2007 after Fisher's reduction in performances. In July 2007 Siobhan Dillon started in the role of Patty Simcox in the musical ""Grease"" and later went on to play the lead role of Sandy in January 2010. Fellow finalist Helena Blackman played Nellie Forbush in a UK tour of ""South Pacific"". Mulholland originated the role of Brooke Wyndham in the West"
"group of children rehearsing in a competition for a musical theatre performance. In November 2008 Mulholland reprised the role of Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"" until 12 July 2009, this time starring with both Justin Lee Collins and Jerry Springer. She was next cast as Brooke Wyndham, in the musical ""Legally Blonde"" in London's Savoy Theatre, co-starring with Sheridan Smith, Duncan James and Alex Gaumond. She performed the role from the shows opening (5 December 2009) until late 2010. Mulholland is the youngest of four siblings. Her parents are politician John Mulholland & Margaret Flynn; she has two brothers, Alan and"
"Obey"". In the anthology film ""Tube Tales"", set on the London Underground, she played the lead character of Alex in the ""Horny"" segment, directed by Stephen Hopkins. Van Outen has played a small role in the romantic comedy ""Are You Ready For Love?"" She first played Roxie Hart on the stage in the hit musical ""Chicago"" at the Adelphi Theatre in the West End in April 2001. Her run proved a hit with theatre-goers, selling out for the entire 20 weeks. Unknown in the United States, she reprised her role on Broadway in the spring of 2002, before returning to"
"performances (two each for hip-hop and modern) with a handful of contestants eliminated from competition immediately after. These eliminations were then followed by the contestants attending an exclusive closed-doors rehearsal of the musical Chicago, which became an introduction to the next challenge – the performance of an iconic and challenging piece of choreography from that show, dancing in pairs as back-up to actress/dancer Dylis Croman in the lead role of Roxy Hart. To further challenge the dancers, they were told neither their partner nor their relative role in the choreography until just before their performances. After this final challenge, and"
"characters in the history of musical theater and it's both a challenge and a lot of fun to bring her to life on-stage. I hope that everyone who comes to the show enjoys it as much as I do, Michelle is a prime example of an all-round entertainer, she has enjoyed many successes as a music artist and now theater goers are going to experience her far reaching talents once again"" whilst Williams is quoted as saying, ""It's a real thrill to be given the opportunity to play Roxie Hart in the West End's spectacular production of 'Chicago'."" Her run"
"its run, ranking third-highest of the past 20 Asadora titles. In February 2015, an announcement was made that Fox had landed the role of the lead character Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical production of ""Chicago"", which has been continuously running at the Ambassador Theatre in New York since 1996. She is scheduled to perform there from November 2 to November 15, 2015. Fox will also perform in Japan on a tour of ""Chicago"" in Tokyo December 4 thru 23, 2015 and in Osaka December 26 and 27, 2015. On August 19, 2015 NHK aired on its satellite broadcasting channel"
"received both popular and critical acclaim and even made it to Broadway in 1926, running for 172 performances. Cecil B. DeMille produced a silent film version, ""Chicago"" (1927), starring former Mack Sennett bathing beauty Phyllis Haver as Roxie Hart. It was later remade as ""Roxie Hart"" (1942) starring Ginger Rogers; but, in this version, Roxie was ""accused"" of murder without having really committed it. In the 1960s, Gwen Verdon read the play and asked her husband, Bob Fosse, about the possibility of creating a musical adaptation. Fosse approached playwright Watkins numerous times to buy the rights, but she repeatedly declined."
"from Season 9, during Hollywood week. DioGuardi also recorded a video of herself singing ""Terrified"" with Jason Reeves on YouTube, which currently has over 1,800,000 views. She appeared on ""Hannah Montana"" as herself in the episode ""Judge Me Tender"". After leaving ""American Idol"", she was a head judge on the Bravo singer-songwriter competition series ""Platinum Hit"" as of 2011. DioGuardi guest starred as herself on ""The Simpsons"" and ""Sesame Street"". From September 5 – October 30, 2011, she made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"". DioGuardi has also released an autobiography after her departure from ""American Idol"" named"
"cruise ships for P&O as a singer for four years before returning to Britain. On her return, Sweeney reprised her role of Lindsey and remained on the show as a leading character until its demise in 2003. Sweeney appeared on ""Celebrity Big Brother"" in 2001 in aid of Comic Relief, where she met Anthea Turner who became a close friend. Her appearance on the show prompted her to greater fame amongst the British public. This directly led to appearing as Roxie Hart in the musical ""Chicago"" in London. In 2002, Sweeney released an album, ""Claire"", on Telstar Records. This consisted"
"lead role of Roxie Hart, beginning in April 2015. Although initially a six-week run, her engagement was extended until August 2015. Norwood also reprised the role in the musical's national tour during its 2016 engagement in Los Angeles and again played the role during the tour's stop in Washington D.C. She returned to the Broadway production for a limited 17-performance only engagement, lasting from August 17 to 31, 2017. Also in 2015, Norwood appeared on the 99 Souls mashup single ""The Girl Is Mine"", for which she re-recorded her vocals from ""The Boy Is Mine."" The song reached the top"
"2014. She co-wrote five of the songs on the 11-track album, which is described as a mix of contemporary pop with a healthy splash of Latin influence, with songs in both English and Spanish. Bianca Marroquín Bianca Marroquín is a Mexican musical theatre and television actress known as the first Mexican actress to have a starring role on Broadway and one of the youngest actresses to play Roxie Hart in a Broadway production of ""Chicago"". Bianca Marroquín became part of the Mexico City cast of ""Beauty and the Beast"", so she decided to move to Mexico City and start her"
"the original production in 1975), Ann Reinking, Bianca Marroquin, Brooke Shields, Ruthie Henshall, Melora Hardin, Ashlee Simpson, Melanie Griffith, Samantha Harris, Michelle Williams, Christie Brinkley and Brandy Norwood. Henshall, Simpson, Shields, and Williams have portrayed the character both on Broadway and The West End. Bebe Neuwirth, who won a Tony Award for the role of Velma Kelly in 1997, also portrayed Roxie in the same production in 2006. Roxie Hart Roxanne ""Roxie"" Hart is a fictional character originally from the 1926 play ""Chicago"". The playwright, reporter Maurine Dallas Watkins, was inspired by the real-life 1924 murder trials of Beulah Annan"
"Amy Spanger Amy Spanger (born August 24, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Spanger was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the musical ""Sunset Boulevard"", following a half-year run in the pre-Broadway national tour of ""Jekyll & Hyde"". She originated the role of Lois Lane (Bianca) in the Broadway revival of ""Kiss Me, Kate"". In ""Chicago"" she played Roxie Hart, and in ""Urinetown"", Hope Cladwell. In 2006, she originated the role of Holly in ""The Wedding Singer"". Spanger also appeared in the national touring companies of ""Rent"" and ""Chicago"". She originated the"
"Cross as Billy, and Antonia Ellis as Roxie Hart. Ellis (Actress of the Year in a Musical) and Ben Cross (Actor of the Year in a Musical) were nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for their performances, and the musical was nominated as Musical of the Year. The original Australian production opened at the Sydney Opera House's Drama Theatre in June 1981. Featuring Nancye Hayes (Roxie), Geraldine Turner (Velma), Terence Donovan (Billy) and Judi Connelli (Mama), it was a new production directed by Richard Wherrett for the Sydney Theatre Company, rather than a replica of the Broadway production. It transferred"
"the rival network show, ""Rising Star Israel"". In 2018 Maimon started starring in the Broadway show ""Chicago"" in the role of Roxie Hart. Maimon was born in Haifa, Israel, and raised in the neighborhood Kiryat Haim. She was born to Mazal and Natan Maimon, and has one older brother, Rami, one older sister, Livnat, and one younger brother, Asaf. Her family is Sephardi Jews of Algerian-Jewish, Greek-Jewish, and Syrian-Jewish descent. In Hebrew, her first name could mean either ""sing"" (in imperative mood) or ""my song"". Maimon made her debut at the age of ten, when she performed at the Festigal"
"made her Broadway debut in the musical ""Cats"" in 1983 as Cassandra, where she met her future husband, performer Terrence Mann. She also performed in the role of Chris Hargensen in the ill-fated 1988 musical ""Carrie"". She frequently has played the role of Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"", first heading the 1997 national tour and later joining the Broadway revival cast in 1999. She has appeared in productions of the musical every year since 2001. In 2001, she replaced Karen Ziemba in ""Contact"". In early 2005, d'Amboise replaced Christina Applegate in the Boston leg of the pre-Broadway tour of the revival"
"Loves Me"", winning the Olivier as Best Actress in a Musical. That same year, she performed a concert of Gershwin songs at London's Royal Festival Hall. Later, in October, she recreated her role of Fantine for the 10th Anniversary Concert performance of ""Les Misérables"" at the Royal Albert Hall. In 1996, she took on the role of Nancy in producer Cameron Mackintosh's hit revival of ""Oliver!"" at the famed London Palladium. In 1997, Henshall originated the role of Roxie Hart in the West End transfer of the successful Broadway revival of ""Chicago"". For this role, she received her third Olivier"
"name, debuting on Broadway in April 2006 and closing on New Year's Eve of that same year. In 1985, Robbie Hart is a nice, charming and entertaining wedding singer from Ridgefield, New Jersey. He is engaged to his long-time girlfriend, Linda, who fell in love with him when he dreamed of becoming a rock star. He meets and befriends a waitress, Julia Sullivan, at the reception hall where she is newly employed. She is engaged to businessman Glenn Gulia and he promises to sing at their wedding. On Robbie's wedding day, his sister Kate tells him that Linda has changed"
"take the role of Roxie Hart in the West End musical, ""Chicago"", starting in January 2005. In 2005, Halfpenny appeared in ""The Bodies"", a new play adapted from an Émile Zola novel by Peter Flannery at the Live Theatre, Newcastle, opposite her real-life husband, actor Craig Conway. In 2005 and 2006, Halfpenny appeared in hit pantomimes at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle. Halfpenny was the guest presenter for and performed in the first show of the BBC four-part series ""The Sound of Musicals"" in January 2006 and played Roxy Ball in ""Shameless"" in an episode broadcast on 31 January 2006. In"
"the Broadway musical ""Chicago"", the summer after their wedding. The couple separated in 2005 and filed for divorce in 2006. Amy Spanger Amy Spanger (born August 24, 1971) is an American actress, singer and dancer. Spanger was born in Newbury, Massachusetts. She made her Broadway debut in 1995 in the musical ""Sunset Boulevard"", following a half-year run in the pre-Broadway national tour of ""Jekyll & Hyde"". She originated the role of Lois Lane (Bianca) in the Broadway revival of ""Kiss Me, Kate"". In ""Chicago"" she played Roxie Hart, and in ""Urinetown"", Hope Cladwell. In 2006, she originated the role of"
"Keizer as Roxie Hart and Jean-Luc Guizone as Billy Flynn. Directed by Dominique Trottein with a book translated by Nicolas Engel, this production is choreographed by Ann Reinking, who choreographed and played Roxie in the 1996 Broadway production and was part of the ensemble in previous productions, and the music was supervised by Rob Bowman. This production will close on June 30, 2019. There have been several cast recordings of ""Chicago"": Chicago (musical) Chicago is an American musical with music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. Set in Jazz Age Chicago, the"
"Dennis Michael Lynch. The film premiered at the 2010 Hamptons International Film Festival. On April 8, 2011, in New York, Brinkley made her stage debut as Roxie Hart in the long-running musical ""Chicago"". In August, she completed a one-month engagement in the London's production at Cambridge Theatre and reprised the role on Broadway and continued with 182 total performances with the National Touring Company of ""Chicago"" in cities including Los Angeles, San Diego, Boston and Hartford. Brinkley's appearance on NBC's ""Mad About You"" was the broadcaster's highest rated half-hour episode since the finale of ""The Cosby Show"". She hosted ""Celebrity"
"Actress in a Musical. In 1976 she replaced Donna McKechnie as Cassie in ""A Chorus Line""; in 1977 she replaced Gwen Verdon in the starring role of Roxie Hart in ""Chicago"", a show directed and choreographed by Fosse. In 1978 she appeared in Fosse's revue ""Dancin'"", and received another Tony nomination. In that year Reinking and Fosse ended their romance and separated. They continued to have a professional, creative collaboration. Reinking has acknowledged Fosse as the major influence on her work as a choreographer. In 1979, Reinking appeared in Bob Fosse's semi-autobiographical film ""All That Jazz"" as Katie Jagger, a"