Angela Grovey, who made her Broadway debut in Leap of Faith, will return to the Main Stem later this month in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre.

Grovey, who plays Krystal in the Onyx Collective/Hulu series Reasonable Doubt, will step into the role of Matron "Mama" Morton beginning September 15.

Grovey was also seen on Broadway in Escape to Margaritaville and the national tours of The Play That Goes Wrong and Newsies. In 2021, she was part of the cast of Jocelyn Bioh’s Merry Wives, later broadcast on PBS. Her screen credits also include Spellbound, Joyful Noise, Modern Love, 30 Rock, The Blacklist, Iron Fist, and more.

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The current cast of Chicago features Rachel Schur as Roxie Hart, Bianca Marroquín as Velma Kelly, Tam Mutu as Billy Flynn, Jacquline B. Arnold as Matron “Mama” Morton, Raymond Bokhour as Amos Hart, and R. Lowe as Mary Sunshine.

The ensemble includes Zach Bravo, David Bushman, Jessica Ernest, Jeff Gorti, Chelsea James, Arian Keddell, James T. Lane, Marty Lawson, Joseph London, Barrett Martin, Sharon Moore, Drew Nellessen, Celina Nightengale, Kristen Faith Oei, Denny Paschall, Mikayla Renfrow, Sean Samuels, and Samantha Sturm.

The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores! presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 14, 1996, where it remained through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre, and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.

Since its debut in 1996, Chicago has played in 36 countries and been seen by 33 million people worldwide. It is now the second-longest running show in Broadway history (after the recently closed The Phantom of the Opera).

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With a book by the late Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by the late Ann Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer, and casting by ARC.

The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for actors Bebe Neuwirth and James Naughton, director Bobbie, lighting designer Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed and choreographed by the late Fosse.

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