Chicago - U.K. Tour

She would be the reason I wouldn't pay a penny to go there! If I'm going to spend money on a show I at least want to see people who can sing and act. She can do neither in my opinion!

If they cast her as Roxie they'll be removing the best thing in the show. The actress who plays her is wonderful, easily the best thing on the stage and she saved the show for me.

If the Vile Osbourne went anywhere near that show I swear I would burn down the Phoenix. And there wouldn't be a chance of it rising again from any ashes. 

Matt Lucas

noooo 😿 wanted to see her

why is everyone leaving before i get to London or not leave early enough, Jesus 😬

Well. This was hilarious. You have to go to see it while Cuba Gooding Jr is still in it so that you can witness at first hand one of the most inept performances I've ever seen on London's glitzy West End. He can't act (unless he's doing his "show me the money" acting) and he certainly can't sing. Even with a microphone he is much lower in volume than anyone else and he can't dance either. Remember when Liza Minnelli had her hips done and was trundling around in a wheelchair and was told she'd never walk again? Well, even at that moment in time Liza would have danced better than Cuba. But the best thing about it is that he is blissfully unaware as to how bad he is, lapping up the whooping and cheering from the great unwashed in the audience. He is so bad even Florence Foster Jenkins would have pointed it out.

The show does look a bit tired but the score is like a Greatest Hits album it's so good and the rest of the cast are great though, Sarah Soetaert is a joy (probably the most comic Roxie Hart I've ever seen) and Josefina Gabrielle is wonderfully catty. Can I just take a moment to remind everyone that Josefina Gabrielle is 54? Yes, that's right, 54. I hope no-one ever gets hold of the picture she's clearly got in the attic because she looks sensational (and has amazing legs). I also did not know that she was married to Michael Praed, star of the 'Dynasty' wedding massacre.

And Ruthie? Well I thought she sounded great and she looks as gorgeous as ever and it's so nice that she's played the three main roles in the show at different times. Mama Morton is a bit of a thankless role really but La Henshall makes the most of it and lesbians it up like a tornado.

The boys are utterly hot and there are so many hot buns on show that I felt like Mary Berry on 'Bake Off' but I'd like to make special mention of Chris Warner Drake as Fred Casely. Oh my. If it wasn't 100 degrees yesterday I would have sworn it was him. Whoever was the Casting Director for this show, you are on my Christmas card list. Forever.

Mazz Murray is Mama Morton!!!

I just got back from seeing this, man I love Ruthie! Her voice still gets me.

Having never seen it before, I much preferred it to the film which I didn't really enjoy.

I think that has to be the best review I've ever read. Still giggling now 40 minutes after first reading it. Can we PLEASE get that up in lights outside the theatre? ;-)

Wikiwhatsit tells me that Sarah Soetaert is 39. I would have assumed that she was younger. Mind you Ruthie (could have been Countess of Wessex) Henshall was only 30 when she played Roxie way back in 1997.

Ruthie had been a well known performer for a fair while when she was originally cast as Roxie so maybe she seemed older. I've never thought of her looking particularly old or young for her age. Ute Lemper was only 34 when she was cast in the revival too.

Roxie's age is always open, as she plays the baby doll type character but is obviously older than that. I'd always thought of her as mid 30's.

I agree Sarah looks great for 39 and probably shares an attic picture with Josefina.