Chicago

…in the Broadway production of Chicago. Two years later she earned praise—and a Golden Globe nomination—for her performance in The Last Showgirl, about a Las Vegas dancer who learns that her show is closing after 30 years. In 2025 Anderson starred with Liam Neeson in The Naked Gun, a remake…

…revival of the musical play Chicago. She also played the character in the national touring company and on London’s West End.Brinkley reprised the role in 2019 at the Venetian Theatre, Las Vegas.

…on Bob Fosse’s 1975 Broadway play, with songs by John Kander and Fred Ebb. The movie, directed and choreographed by Rob Marshall, was a popular and critical success, winning six Academy Awards, including best picture.

…(with Ebb), directed, and choreographed Chicago, a musical set in the 1920s about two female murderers (Verdon and Chita Rivera) who manipulate the press to win acquittals. Next was Dancin’ (1978–82), which earned Fosse another Tony for choreography.

…debut, starring in the musical Chicago. Griffith later had a recurring role (2014–16) on the TV series Hawaii Five-0. In 2020 she had a cameo in The High Note, a music drama that starred her daughter Dakota Johnson, a noted actress.

Chicago, a vaudeville-influenced production about a showgirl who murders her lover, had a significant run when it opened in 1975. A new production earned the 1997 Tony Award for best revival of a musical.

…Bajour (1964), and Velma in Chicago (1975). She also appeared as Nickie in the film version of Sweet Charity (1969) and toured with her highly regarded cabaret act.

…in the Broadway revival of Chicago in 2009. That same year Vergara’s big break occurred when she joined the cast of Modern Family as Gloria Delgado-Pritchett, the much-younger wife of a man with two children near her own age—a daughter with a typical nuclear family of her own and a…

…appeared in the Broadway musical Chicago in the role of Matron (“Mama”) Morton.