Linzi Hateley
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Linzi Hateley will return to the role of Roxie Hart in the West End's
Chicago on 14 August. Current Roxie Hart, Jennifer Ellison, will end her engagement in the role on 12 August.
Hateley, a veteran of the London stage, first came to prominence as a teenager when she starred in the title role in the original RSC production of the ill-fated musical
Carrie in 1988, which originated in Stratford-upon-Avon before transferring to Broadway. She also starred as the Narrator in the 1991 London Palladium revival of
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, as Rizzo in
Grease at the Dominion Theatre and as Eponine in
Les Miserables. She has done previous stints as Roxie Hart in
Chicago at the Adelphi Theatre, most recently when she preceded Bonnie Langford in the role, before the musical transferred to its current home at the Cambridge Theatre.
Chicago also stars Amra Faye-Wright as Velma Kelly and Ian Kelsey as Billy Flynn. Hateley will play Roxie Hart to 9 September.