Legendary Broadway show visits Sheffield
ONE of Broadway's greatest ever shows, Chicago, comes to Sheffield's Lyceum Theatre later this month.
Gary Wilmot is back in Sheffield starring as Billy Flynn after last gracing the Lyceum stage in 2008 in Half A Sixpence; joining him as the infamous Roxie Hart will be Eastenders actress Emma Barton.
Based on the 1926 play by Maurine Dallas Watkins (which was based on real events) Chicago is as we are told in the shows opening lines “a story of murder greed corruption, violence, exploitation, adultery and treachery – all the things we hold near and dear to our hearts.”
The story revolves around Roxie Hart, a nightclub dancer who dreams of starring in Vaudeville. She kills her lover, nightclub regular Fred Casely, and convinces her husband to front the money to hire Chicago’s shrewdest defense lawyer.
The lawyer Billy Flynn turns her crime of passion into celebrity headlines and Roxie becomes the toast of Chicago until other crimes pull the limelight away from her.
Wilmot is a veteran star of West End musicals including Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Me And My Girl, Carmen Jones and Copacabana has played major UK tours with Oliver!, Half A Sixpence, Willy Russell’s One For The Road, Alan Ayckbourn’s Confusions and Travels With My Aunt.
More recently, Wilmot has appeared in HMS Pinafore at the Open Air Theatre Regent’s Park and as The Lion in The Wizard Of Oz at the Royal Festival Hall.
Alongside Gary is Emma Barton, who is best known for her role as Honey Mitchell in BBC1’s Eastenders. Her other television roles include Spooks on BBC1 and Secret History on Channel 4. Previous stage roles include Peggy in The Secret Garden (RSC), Norma Cassidy in Victoria/Victoria (Bridewell) and Marty in Grease (Victoria Palace Theatre).
The show opens on Tuesday 22nd September and runs until Saturday 3rd October.
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