Broadway’s record-breaking hit musical Chicago has just announced that two-time Tony Award nominee Kate Baldwin (Hello, Dolly!) and Tony Award winner Alex Newell (Shucked) will join the cast as “Roxie Hart” and “Matron ‘Mama’ Morton”, respectively. Kate Baldwin will take over the role beginning Monday, November 10, and Alex Newell will join the cast beginning Monday, November 17 at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49th St., NYC).
Chicago is Broadway’s longest running American musical in Broadway history, celebrating its 29th anniversary this November.
Kate Baldwin is a two-time Tony Award nominee and four-time Drama Desk nominee, having starred on Broadway as Irene Molloy in the 2017 revival of Hello, Dolly! and the 2009 revival of Finian's Rainbow as Sharon McLonergan. Other Broadway: Sandra Bloom in Big Fish, The Full Monty, Thoroughly Modern Millie (original cast) and Wonderful Town. Off Broadway: Leslie Lynnton Benedict in Giant (Public), Jen in John & Jen (Keen), Charlotte in Superhero (Second Stage).
Television: NBC’s “Law & Order: SVU,” Disney’s “Just Beyond,” HBO’s “The Gilded Age” and two PBS specials, “First You Dream: The Music of Kander & Ebb” and “Live from Lincoln Center: Stephen Sondheim’s Passion.” 2023 Midwest Emmy nominee for producing and starring in “Broadway Comes Home.” Graduate: Northwestern University.
Alex Newell recently made history with their Tony Award win for the hit musical Shucked. They are a Drama Desk Award Winner and a recipient of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Performer in a Broadway Musical. Newell starred as the God “Asaka” in the 2018 Broadway revival of Once On This Island. This show earned Newell a Grammy nomination for Best Musical Theater Album, and the show won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical.