The Official Chicago The Musical have today announced the leading cast names for the re-opening of Chicago at the Garrick Theatre on 7th November, having transferred from the Cambridge Theatre, concluding its run at the end of August. The rest of the cast names to follow.
“Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera is to make her British stage debut as Roxie 
Hart for a limited 8 week run, starring alongside the returning Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly who is currently starring in the Broadway production.
The full text from the Official Chicago The Musical on Facebook is as follows:
“Ugly Betty” star America Ferrera to make British stage debut when Chicago re-opens at the Garrick Theatre on Monday 7th November!
Emmy, Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award-winner America Ferrera, known across the world as “Ugly Betty” from the hit TV series of the same name, swaps her trademark braces for fishnets from 7 November for eight weeks only, when she makes her British stage debut as the alluring publicity-seeker “Roxie Hart” in the smash hit musical CHICAGO.
Ferrera, who in 2007, was named by Time Magazine as one of “The Most influential People In The World” makes her West End debut in CHICAGO at its new West End home, the Garrick Theatre. Ferrera will help usher in the show’s record breaking 15th year in London when it celebrates its birthday on 18 November.
Now the most successful Broadway export ever, CHICAGO had its final performance at the Cambridge Theatre on 27 August, establishing the record for the longest running American musical. During its 5-year run there, the multi award-winning musical played to over 2 million people, notched up numerous records and became in the process the West End’s longest running revival ever.
Opening at the Garrick Theatre alongside Ferrera, as fellow murderess Velma Kelly, is Amra-Faye Wright, currently starring in the Broadway production.
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