(Side note: While “researching” for this, I learned that McPhee’s husband, David Foster, once hit and critically injured Ben Vereen with his car? Goodbye.) Almost a year later, and neither her nor the gay intern running her socials have yet to say anything on this. Rumor has it the producers are looking to cast major Broadway names for its comeback, but who do we have anymore that could do a dance-heavy show like Chicago? A friend mentioned only wanting to see it if Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty are cast, but I doubt McPhee will be back on the boards after her regrettable political donations were made public. This might be entirely because I was listening to the cast recording when the announcement was made, but something about envisioning myself sitting in that audience when that overture starts playing… Anybody at the Ambassador Theatre on September 14, kindly turn your phone off, because the performance I’ll give once those jazz horns start blaring and I forget how to act is not one I’ll need to look back on. Unlike everyone who (intelligently?) copped seats for Wicked, or the type of mega-extravaganza we’ve been deprived of since lockdown, I went for my tried and true Chicago. With the rapid-fire announcement of (almost) every Broadway show’s return this week came the question: Who will actually be starring in these? It’s mask-off season it’s Hell’s Kitchen chorus dancers wearing speedos in Central Park season but, most importantly, it is now dream casting season. Ramirez's weekly column with hot takes, musings, and all that jazz.
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