Overview
- Producers have confirmed that South Korean musical actor and singer Ivy will join Broadway’s long-running Chicago for a limited engagement this summer at the Ambassador Theatre.
- Ivy first played Roxie Hart in Korea in 2012 and reprised the role across six seasons through 2024, performing nearly 600 times for Korean audiences.
- Her casting followed an invitation-only audition requested by the U.S. producers, who tapped her because of her long association with the role and broad musical-theatre resume.
- Playbill reports that after the Broadway engagement Ivy is scheduled to return to the Seoul production, with performances set to begin at the LG Arts Center later this year.
- Chicago’s revival is produced by Barry and Fran Weissler and rests on the work of Fred Ebb, Bob Fosse, and John Kander, making Ivy’s casting a notable example of international artist movement into an established Broadway production.