Overview
- Producers announced that Reece Weaver will take over the role of Roxie Hart at the Ambassador Theatre for a six-week engagement running from September 7 through October 18.
- Weaver will succeed K-pop star Ivy, whose previously announced final performance is reported as September 6, maintaining the show’s planned cast rotation.
- Weaver is a trained dancer who earned a degree in dance at the University of Alabama and performed as a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader; she is best known from Netflix’s America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders.
- The current Chicago company lists Krysta Rodriguez, Sophie Carmen-Jones, Mark Ballas, Jacqueline B. Arnold, Eddie Cooper, and J. Workman in lead roles with direction by Walter Bobbie and choreography credited to Ann Reinking.
- Chicago’s 1996 revival has become a long-running, Tony-winning staple seen worldwide and the production often mounts short, high-profile replacements to draw new audiences and spotlight performers crossing over from TV and dance.