Overview
- Mark Ballas returned to Broadway as Billy Flynn in Chicago for a limited engagement through May 3 at the Ambassador Theatre.
- He reunites with Whitney Leavitt, his former Dancing With the Stars partner, who is playing Roxie Hart for an extended run through the same dates.
- Their first curtain call drew a standing ovation, with video showing the duo sharing bows as the company saluted them.
- Ballas brings prior Broadway leads in Jersey Boys and Kinky Boots, adding stage experience and name recognition to the production.
- The revival, the longest-running American musical, approaches its 30th anniversary in November and this company also features Sophie Carmen-Jones, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Greg Hildreth, and M. Kilgore.