Thursday, July 23, 2009

Samantha Harris Makes Her Broadway Debut As 'Roxie Hart' In CHICAGO!

Dancing with the Stars is invading Broadway! The Great White Way continues to heat up this summer as two-time Emmy Award nominee and celebrated TV personality Samantha Harris ("The Insider," "Dancing with the Stars") made her Broadway stage debut in the starring role of Roxie Hart in the Tony Award-winning hit musical CHICAGO for a six-week limited engagement on Tuesday, July 7th. Harris will appear in CHICAGO through Sunday, August 16, 2009 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.). Dancing stars Karina and Maksim open in Burn the Floor starting 7/25.

Best known to national primetime TV audiences as a correspondent and fill-in anchor on CBS's "The Insider" and as co-host of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars," Harris will also star as Roxie Hart in the Greenville, South Carolina engagement of the CHICAGO national tour, Tuesday, August 18 through Sunday, August 23, 2009 at the Peace Center (300 S. Main St., Greenville). CHICAGO now plays on Broadway at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.). The regular performance schedule is as follows: Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m. Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2:30 p.m.

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Chandra Wilson Takes Her Broadway Bows In 'CHICAGO'

One of my favorite TV bad(really not so bad) girls has arrived on Broadway once again in "Chicago-the Musical".
Broadway heats up this summer now that three-time Emmy Award nominee and "Grey's Anatomy" star Chandra Wilson has stepped into the celebrated role of Matron "Mama" Morton, the reigning cell block diva of the smash hit musical CHICAGO. Chandra Wilson joins the production for a four-week limited engagement which began last night, Monday, June 8 through Sunday, July 5, 2009 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St.).

For her critically-acclaimed portrayal of Dr. Miranda Bailey(The Nazi) on "Grey's Anatomy," Wilson has earned not only three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, but also a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, a second Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Drama Series Ensemble and three NAACP Image Awards.

As a person who only knows her from TV, who knew that she has appeared in the Broadway productions of Avenue Q and On the Town. Also, her other stage credits include Caroline, or Change at The Public Theatre, The Miracle Worker at Charlotte Repertory Theatre, Paper Moon: The Musical at The Paper Mill Playhouse and Theresa Rebeck's The Family of Mann at Second Stage Theatre.

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