It’s the first time a professional production of Chicago has played in Canberra.
16 April 2024
The acclaimed production of Chicago will open in Canberra in September.
Presales have begun, and tickets are on sale to the general public from Friday 19 April.
It's the first time a professional production of this Broadway favourite has played in Canberra.
Chicago is the longest-running show currently playing on Broadway. The multi-award winning production has a renowned score that includes:
- All That Jazz
- Cell Block Tango
- Razzle Dazzle.
A stellar cast has been assembled for Chicago. Anthony Warlow (The Phantom of the Opera), plays the cunning and charismatic lawyer Billy Flynn. Zoë Ventoura (Packed to the Rafters) plays the powerful and glamorous Velma Kelly. Musical theatre star Lucy Maunder (Mary Poppins) plays Roxie Hart. As Roxie's gullible and hapless husband, Amos, is much-loved comedy icon and character actor Peter Rowsthorn. Following her star turn in Hairspray, Asabi Goodman plays the prison warden Matron 'Mama' Morton.
Chicago is playing at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne, following sell out seasons in Perth and Brisbane. Chicago transfers to Sydney's Capitol Theatre from 9 June and the Festival Theatre, Adelaide from 4 August.
“I'm thrilled to add Canberra to the national tour of our new production of Chicago,” producer John Frost said.
“Chicago has everything that people love about a Broadway musical – a story of fame, fortune and all that jazz, one show-stopping number after another and the most amazing dancing you've ever seen. Come along and enjoy the razzle dazzle of this New York institution.”
Set amidst the decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart. A housewife and nightclub dancer, Roxie murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago's slickest criminal lawyer Billy Flynn. He transforms her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today's tabloids.
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