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Broadway’s Tony Award-Winning,
Record-Breaking Hit Musical
Presents
Jinkx Monsoon & Ronan Farrow
In a Post-Show Q&A in Partnership With AMEX
On Friday, June 28
CHICAGO IS THE LONGEST RUNNING SHOW NOW PLAYING ON BROADWAY
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Chicago is thrilled to announce a post-performance Q&A, in partnership with American Express, between Jinkx Monsoon & Ronan Farrow on Friday, June 28^th.
All audience members who have tickets to the Friday, June 28^th performance are invited to stay after the show for a conversation and Q&A in the theater with Jinkx Monsoon (who plays Matron “Mama” Morton) and Ronan Farrow.
Jinkx Monsoon will return in the role of Matron “Mama” Morton for 20 performances only, Thursday, June 27 through Friday, July 12, at the Ambassador Theatre (219 W. 49^th St., NYC).
Jinkx made her Broadway debut in this role on Monday, January 16, 2023, making history by becoming the first drag queen to play the role on Broadway. Jinkx broke box office records and played to standing room only crowds at the Ambassador Theatre during her first run in the show as “Mama” in 2023.
About Jinkx Monsoon
Jinkx Monsoon is a two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race winner, award-winning actor, and recording artist. She made her highly-anticipated Broadway debut in 2023 as Matron “Mama” Morton in Chicago, breaking box office records during an extended 10-week run. Most recently, she played Audrey in the off-Broadway production of Little Shop of Horrorsopposite Corbin Bleu and made her Doctor Who debut as new fan-favorite villain Maestro. She’s toured the world performing original cabaret shows with music partner Major Scales, including the hit Off-Broadway sensation The Vaudevillians. Her accolades include the Gregory Award for her portrayal of Hedwig in Hedwig and the Angry Inch, The MAC Award for original show The Ginger Snapped, and most recently the “Best Live Theatre” award for The Jinkx & DeLa Holiday Show at the 2024 Queerties. In 2025, she’ll make her Carnegie Hall debut with “Jinkx Monsoon: Live at Carnegie Hall.” 
About Ronan Farrow
Ronan Farrow is an investigative reporter and a contributing writer to The New Yorker. He is also currently producing documentaries for HBO.
His writing for the New Yorker has catalyzed personnel changes in the public and private sector, reforms in law and policy, and criminal prosecutions. His stories exposed the first assault allegations against the movie producer Harvey Weinstein, CBS executives including Leslie Moonves, and then New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman. Farrow’s reporting about Donald Trump’s alliance with the National Enquirer figured prominently in the first federal indictment of a U.S. President. In a series of profiles, he was among the first to identify then-fugitives from the law amongst the January 6th rioters. His examination of the legal conservatorship of the singer Britney Spears was closely followed by resignations from her attorney and manager, and his reporting on the spyware Pegasus prompted an executive order on the U.S. government’s use of such technology.
Farrow’s work for the magazine has won the Pulitzer Prize for public service, the National Magazine Award, and the George Polk Award, among other honors.
His most recent work as a documentary producer, the film “Endangered,” followed journalists through the pandemic and was nominated for an Emmy. He previously worked as an anchor and investigative reporter at MSNBC and NBC News.
Farrow is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence” and “Catch and Kill: Lies, Spies, and a Conspiracy to Protect Predators,” which was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen major outlets, nominated for a Grammy for its audiobook, and adapted into a podcast that received more than nine million downloads.
Prior to his career in journalism, he served as a State Department official, in Afghanistan and Pakistan and reporting to the Secretary of State in a global role focused on youth uprisings.
Farrow is a graduate of Yale Law School and a member of the New York Bar. He holds a Ph.D. in political science from Oxford University, where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar. He lives with his partner in New York City.
About Chicago
With a legendary book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb, Chicago is now the #1 longest-running American musical in Broadway history.
Produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, Chicago is the winner of six 1997 Tony Awards including Best Musical Revival and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Cast Recording.
Directed by Tony Award winner Walter Bobbie and choreographed by Tony Award winner Ann Reinking, Chicago features set design by Tony Award winner John Lee Beatty, costume design by Tony Award winner William Ivey Long, lighting design by Tony Award winner Ken Billington, sound design by Tony Award winner Scott Lehrer, casting by ARC / Duncan Stewart, CSA and Executive Producer Alecia Parker.
Set amidst the razzle-dazzle decadence of the 1920s, Chicago is the story of Roxie Hart, a housewife and nightclub dancer who murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the public, the media and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines, the likes of which might just as easily be ripped from today’s tabloids.
Performance Schedule
Mondays at 7pm, Tuesdays at 7pm, Thursdays at 7pm, Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 2:30pm & 8pm, Sundays at 2pm & 7pm.
Dark Thursday 7/4, Added Wednesday 7/3 & 7/10 performances at 2pm & 7pm. Sunday 7/7 at 5pm only.
Ticket Information
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