Overview
- Multiple outlets announced on Monday that Derek Hough will make a one-night appearance in Broadway’s Chicago on July 20 and will deliver the show’s opening monologue at the 7 p.m. performance.
- Hough will host a post-performance talkback with Dancing with the Stars pro Mark Ballas, who will return to the role of Billy Flynn for that same July 20 performance.
- All ticketholders to the 7 p.m. July 20 performance are invited to stay after curtain for the onstage talkback between Hough and Ballas.
- Playbill and other reports place the performance at the Ambassador Theatre and confirm the current company and creative team, including Krysta Rodriguez as Roxie Hart, Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, Matteo Lane in the rotating Billy Flynn slot, director Walter Bobbie and choreography credited to Ann Reinking.
- The one-night casting follows a long-running revival model in which short-term celebrity appearances and audience engagement events are used to refresh interest in enduring shows and boost ticket sales.