See Jinkx Monsoon Perform as Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago on Broadway | Playbill

Broadway News See Jinkx Monsoon Perform as Matron 'Mama' Morton in Chicago on Broadway

The RuPaul's Drag Race winner stepped into the role January 16 for a limited engagement through March 12.

Jinkx Monsoon in Chicago Jeremy Daniel

Two-time RuPaul's Drag Race winner Jinkx Monsoon has been bringing in the crowds (she calls them "drag happy" crowds) at Broadway's Chicago, since she joined the company as Matron "Mama" Morton last month. 

Monsoon is the first drag queen to play the role on Broadway, and her roots with Chicago run deep: "The first number I performed in drag was 'All That Jazz,' so this feels almost too serendipitous...to be making my Broadway debut, as my favorite role, in one of my favorite shows—that lifelong dream is coming true and then some," she previously shared.

Get a glimpse at Monsoon's performance in Chicago below:

The Broadway revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores! presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre November 14, 1996, where it remained through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.

The hit musical is currently the second-longest running show in Broadway history (after The Phantom of the Opera).

READ: Cast Recording of Broadway's Chicago Revival Will Be Reissued on Vinyl

With a book by the late Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by the late Ann Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design by Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer, and casting by Stewart/Whitley.

READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years

The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for actors Bebe Neuwirth and James Naughton, director Bobbie, lighting designer Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed and choreographed by the late Fosse.


Photos: RuPaul's Drag Race Star Jinkx Monsoon and James T. Lane in Chicago

 
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