VideoWatch Scenes From The Muny's Chicago, Starring J. Harrison Ghee, Emily Skinner, and Ali EwoldtPerformances for the final show of the summer season continue at the St. Louis venue through September 5.
By
Andrew Gans
August 31, 2021
The Muny production of the John Kander–Fred Ebb–Bob Fosse musical Chicago, the final offering of the summer season, continues through September 5 at the St. Louis venue. Watch a montage of scenes from the production—including portions of "All That Jazz," "Roxie," "When You're Good to Mama," "All I Care About," "Cell Block Tango," and more—above.
Denis Jones directs and choreographs the limited engagement with music direction by Charlie Alterman.
J. Harrison Ghee in Chicago
The cast is headed by Sarah Bowden as Roxie Hart, J. Harrison Ghee as Velma Kelly, Emily Skinner as Matron “Mama” Morton, James T. Lane as Billy Flynn, Adam Heller as Amos Hart, and Ali Ewoldt as Mary Sunshine. Those artists are joined by Carleigh Bettiol, Joe Bigelow, Victoria Byrd, Taeler Cyrus, Sean Ewing, Veronica Fiaoni, Abbey Friedmann, Anna Gassett, Valton Jackson, Madison Johnson, Justin Keats, Kamal Lado, Connor McRory, Lizz Picini, Michael James Reed, Mikayla Renfrow, Gabi Stapula, Davis Wayne, Brandon L. Whitmore, and Ricardo A. Zayas as well as The Muny Teen youth ensemble.
Chicago has a book by the late Ebb and Fosse, music by Kander, and lyrics by Ebb.
The Muny production also has scenic design by Tim Mackabee, costume design by Emily Rebholz, lighting design by Rob Denton, sound design by John Shivers and David Patridge, video design by Shawn Duan, and wig design by Tommy Kurzman. The production stage manager is Larry Smiglewski with casting by The Telsey Office.
The Broadway production of the Tony-winning revival resumes performances in September at the Ambassador Theatre with a cast led by the previously announced Ana Villafañe (On Your Feet!) as Roxie Hart, Bianca Marroquín (a longtime Roxie in the revival) as Velma Kelly, Tony winner Lillias White (The Life, How to Succeed…) as Matron Mama Morton, South Pacific Tony winner Paulo Szot as Billy Flynn, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, and Ryan Lowe as Mary Sunshine.
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Flip Through 100 Stars for 100 Years of Theatre at the Muny
Flip Through 100 Stars for 100 Years of Theatre at the Muny
From Guys and Dolls to Aida, the Muny has produced hundreds of shows since its founding in 1919.
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1926: Irene Dunne in The Muny's 1926 season
1931: Cary Grant in the Muny's 1931 season
June Havoc in the Muny's 1936 season
1938: Richard (Red) Skelton in Gentlemen Unafraid
1940: Vincent Prince in The American Way
1954: Elaine Stritch in Call Me Madam
1957: Barbara Cook in Irene
1957: Paul Lynde in Irene
1959: Bob Hope in Roberta
1961: Edie Adams in Calamity Jane
1961: Jack Gilford and Mary M. Cook in Cinderella
1960: Dan Rowan and Dick Martin in The Red Mill
1962: Margaret Hamilton in Oklahoma!
1964: Andy Devine in Show Boat
1966: Eddie Albert in The Music Man
1966: Betty White in Bells are Ringing
1967: Margot Fonteyn in The Royal Ballet
1967: Rudolf Nureyev in The Royal Ballet
1968: Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam
1968: Arthur Godfrey in Show Boat
1968: Florence Henderson in The Sound of Music
1968: Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. and Eddie Albert in My Fair Lady
1968: Cab Calloway and Pearl Bailey in Hello, Dolly!
1968: Pearl Bailey in Hello, Dolly!
1968: Vicki Lawrence in Carousel
1969: Ozzie Smith and Harriet Nelson in State Fair
1969: Billy Barty in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
1969: Cyd Charisse in Damn Yankees
1970: Jerry Orbach in Promises, Promises
1971: Betty Grable, Chita Rivera, and Dorothy Lamour in This is Show Business
1971: Jackie Coogan and Mary Wickes in The Music Man
1971: Mary Wickes in The Music Man
1971: Milton Berle and Nancy Andrews in Two by Two
1972: William Daniels in 1776
1972: Ann Miller in Anything Goes
1972: Yvonne DeCarlo in Follies
1973: Debbie Reynolds in Irene
1973: Agnes Moorehead in Gigi
1974: Bernadette Peters and Robert Preston in Mack and Mabel
1974: Bernadette Peters and Robert Preston in Mack and Mabel
1974: Gene Kelly in Take Me Along
1974: Carol Burnett and Rock Hudson in I Do! I Do!
1974: Rock Hudson in I Do! I Do!
1975: Jack Klugman in The Odd Couple
1976: Gale Gordon in Show Boat
1976: Peter Graves in 1776
1976: Yul Brynner in The King and I
1976: Zero Mostel in Fiddler on the Roof
1976: Angela Lansbury in Mame
1976: Patti LuPone and Chaim Topol in The Baker's Wife
1977: Carol Channing in Hello, Dolly!
1977: Debbie Allen in Guys and Dolls
1977: Lauren Bacall in Wonderful Town
1977: Leslie Uggams in Guys and Dolls
1977: Maurice Hines in Guys and Dolls
1977: Shirley Jones and Sarah Jessica Parker in The Sound of Music
1977: H.M. Wynant and Shirley Jones in The Sound of Music
1978: Howard Keel and Jane Powell in Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
1978: Janis Paige and Forrest Tucker in Ballroom
1978: Tony Randall in The Music Man
1979: Robert Goulet in Carousel
1979: Donald O'Connor in Sugar
1980: Joe Namath in Li'l Abner
1980: Chita Rivera in Bye Bye Birdie
1981: Richard Harris in Camelot
Robert Morse and Isabelle Farrell in Where's Charley?
1982: George Peppard and Victoria Mallory in The Sound of Music
1983: Martha Raye in Annie
1983: Lynn Redgrave and Michael Kermoyan in The King and I
1983: Gavin MacLeod in High Button Shoes
1983: Joel Grey and Alexis Smith in Pal Joey
1984: Pam Dawber and Jim Dale in The Music Man
1984: Juliette Prowse in Funny Girl
1984: Ann Miller and Mickey Rooney in Sugar Babies
1986: Ben Vereen in Pippin
1986: Morgan Fairchild in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1987: Tommy Tune and Stephanie Zimbalist in My One and Only
1988: Hal Linden in Man of La Mancha
1988: John Davidson in The Music Man
1989: Tyne Daly in Gypsy
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1988: Jean Stapleton in The Mystery of Edwin Drood
1990: Van Johnson in No, No, Nanette
1993: Davy Jones in Oliver!
1994: Rue McClanahan in Annie
1995: Phyllis Diller in Cinderella
1997: Kaelan Sullivan and Bob Keeshan in The Wizard of Oz
1997: Ozzie Smith in The Wizard of Oz
1998: Cathy Rigby in Peter Pan
1999: Georgia Engel in Meet Me In St. Louis
2012: Christopher Jackson in Dreamgirls
2012: Jennifer Holliday in Dreamgirls
2012: Justin Guarini in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
The 30th anniversary burlesque performance, benefiting Broadway Cares, featured Ariana DeBose, Ramin Karimloo, the Queens of SIX: The Musical, and more.