gwen verdon played roxie hart in chicago on broadway.
who played roxie hart in chicago on broadway?
gwen verdon
section::::portrayals.





























the play made it to broadway in 1926 and ran for 172 performances. gaertner attended the chicago opening. its adaptations include:





























bullet::::- "chicago", a 1927 silent film, with phyllis haver playing roxie





























bullet::::- "roxie hart", a 1942 film starring ginger rogers as roxie. this adaptation is notable for her husband amos being the real murderer, but roxie going along with it as a boost to her career





























bullet::::- "chicago", the original 1975 broadway stage musical, featuring gwen verdon, and its 1996 revival
roxie hart
she left "the vagina monologues" when she received the invitation to perform as roxie hart in the us and canada tour of chicago. this tour made her the first mexican ever in receiving the helen hayes award in washington, d.c., as outstanding lead actress. in december 2003, she went back to broadway as roxie hart, now at the ambassador theatre, to rejoin the tour after his broadway season. marroquin has played roxie hart in the broadway production of chicago three times since then, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. her recent off-broadway work has included "and the world goes 'round" in october 2007 and the north shore music theatre production of "bye bye birdie" in summer 2008.
bianca marroquín