Overview
- Derek Hough will deliver Chicago’s opening monologue during the 7 p.m. performance on Monday, July 20 at the Ambassador Theatre.
- He will co-host a post-performance talkback with Dancing with the Stars alum Mark Ballas, who returns that night to play Billy Flynn, and all ticketholders are invited to stay for the event.
- Hough is a multi-Emmy-winning Dancing with the Stars judge with prior stage credits including Burn the Floor and a West End run in Footloose.
- The current Chicago company features Matteo Lane as Billy Flynn, Krysta Rodriguez as Roxie Hart and Sophie Carmen-Jones as Velma Kelly, with the revival directed by Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Ann Reinking.
- Producers are using a celebrity cameo plus a live audience Q&A to draw TV viewers into Broadway, a move that could increase single-night ticket demand and keep the long-running revival in the public eye.