Chicago

Sarah Bowden

Roxie Hart

J. Harrison Ghee

Velma Kelly

Emily Skinner

Matron “Mama” Morton

Muny: Disney’s The Little Mermaid, 42nd Street, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Billy Elliot. Broadway: Side Show (Tony nomination, Drama League Award), The Cher Show, Prince of Broadway, Jekyll & Hyde, The Full Monty, James Joyce’s The Dead, Dinner at Eight (Outer Critics Circle nomination), Billy Elliot (BroadwayWorld Award). Off-Broadway: Picnic (Drama Desk nomination), Jerry Springer: The Opera (Carnegie Hall), Fiorello!; No Strings, Pardon My English, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (all for NY City Center Encores!). She has sung leading roles at Manhattan Theatre Club, WPA Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Roundabout Theatre Company, York Theatre, Paramount Theatre at Madison Square Garden. Regional: The Kennedy Center, Signature Theatre, Alliance Theatre, Ford’s Theatre, Long Wharf, Old Globe, Goodspeed, Bucks County Playhouse, Virginia Rep and many others. She has sung with symphonies around the globe and her numerous recordings may be found at Amazon.com.

James T. Lane

Billy Flynn

is from Philadelphia. Muny: Disney’s The Little Mermaid (Sebastian), The Wiz (Tin Man). West End: The Scottsboro Boys, A Chorus Line (Revival at Palladium Theatre). Broadway: Kiss Me, Kate (Paul), King Kong the Musical, The Scottsboro Boys (Ozie Powell/Ruby Bates), Chicago and A Chorus Line (Richie Walters). National Tour: Ain’t Too Proud (Paul Williams), Jersey Boys, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella, Fame The Musical. Regional: Guys and Dolls (Nicely-Nicely, Virginia Stage Company), Mary Poppins (Bert, Drury Lane Theatre), The Wiz (Tin Man, Broadway at Music Circus and The Old Globe), A.C.T and Dallas Theater Center). Encores! Off-Center: Promenade, Grand Hotel, Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope. Concerts: Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops, Ottawa Symphony and many more.

Adam Heller

Amos Hart

The Muny: 1776 (Ben Franklin, 2019) and Gypsy (Herbie, 2018). Broadway: It Shoulda Been You, Elf, Baby, It’s You; Caroline, or Change; A Class Act, Victor/Victoria and Les Misérables. National Tour: Titanic and Falsettos. Off-Broadway: Popcorn Falls (Davenport), A Letter to Harvey Milk (Theatre Row), Peer Gynt (CSC), Wings (Second Stage), Make Me a Song: The Music of William Finn and The Immigrant (New World Stages), Merrily We Roll Along (York). Regional: The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), Fiddler on the Roof (Goodspeed, Connecticut Critics Circle Award/Best Actor), Rags (Goodspeed), The Chosen (Barrington Stage), My Name is Asher Lev (Arden), Merrily We Roll Along (Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration). Television: We Crashed, FBI: Most Wanted, The Bite, The Good Fight, Elementary, Unforgettable, The Americans, The Sopranos, Law & Order (all) and Oz.

Ali Ewoldt

Mary Sunshine

is beyond thrilled to return to The Muny. Muny credits include A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (Philia), 1776 (Martha Jefferson) and West Side Story (Maria). Other credits include The Phantom of the Opera (Christine Daaé, Broadway), Les Misérables (Cosette, Broadway, national tour), The King and I (Broadway, tour, Lyric Opera of Chicago), The Fantasticks (Luisa, off-Broadway), She Loves Me (Amalia, Signature Theatre), Gold Mountain (Mei, Utah Shakespeare Festival), A Christmas Carol (Fan, McCarter Theatre) and Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown, Sacramento Music Circus). Concert/symphony work: Alice Tully Hall, The Town Hall, NY Pops at Carnegie Hall, Houston Symphony, American Pops Orchestra, Kaohsiung Symphony and The Boston Pops with Maestro Keith Lockhart. Her TV/Film credits include The Michael J. Fox Show, Yield, Mia and The Cactus. Ali has a BA in psychology from Yale University, is a proud Filipina American and member of Actors’ Equity.

Denis Jones

Director/Choreographer

is very excited to return to The Muny with Chicago! A veteran of nine Muny productions and a recipient of the St. Louis Theater Circle Award, Denis is also a two-time Tony Award, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominee. His work has been seen in the Broadway productions of Tootsie, Irving Berlin’s Holiday Inn and Honeymoon in Vegas. Other recent credits: Chasing Rainbows (Paper Mill Playhouse), A Chorus Line (Signature Theatre), Eurydice (Metropolitan Opera), The Flamingo Kid (Hartford Stage), Call Me Madam, Paint Your Wagon (NY City Center Encores!), How to Succeed… (Kennedy Center) and The Music Man (Goodman Theatre).

Charlie Alterman

Music Director

is thrilled to return to The Muny and this incredible production of Chicago. Past Muny productions include Hairspray, Legally Blonde, The Little Mermaid, Meet Me In St. Louis, All Shook Up and Young Frankenstein, as well as several Muny Magic concerts at The Sheldon. Broadway: Music Director for Pippin, Next to Normal, Godspell and Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me.  Other Broadway credits include Legally Blonde (Associate Conductor). National tours: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and Grease. He most recently served as Music Consultant/Vocal Coach for the NBC series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist. Concert appearances include shows with Brooke Shields, Frankie Avalon, Juan Pablo Di Pace, Dana Reeve, Emily Skinner, Billy Porter, Carol Woods and Ken Page.

Barry Busby

Associate Choreographer

is thrilled to be back at The Muny! He is a Texas native, MFA graduate from the University of Oklahoma, and has lived in NYC for 12+ years. He has been the Associate to Denis Jones for 10 years and together they have collaborated on Broadway, across the country and internationally on over 40+ productions. Broadway: Honeymoon in Vegas, Holiday Inn, Sunset Boulevard and Tootsie. Regional: Goodspeed, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Kennedy Center, Dallas Theater Center, TUTS and Williamstown Theatre Festival. In 2014 and 2016 he was featured on the iconic Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade and can also be seen in the 73rd Annual Tony Awards! Barry is co-founder of Broadway Imagined – a virtual studio bringing Broadway caliber classes to the homes of dancers and fans of musical theatre.