‘Chicago’ opens Friday at downtown locale Play will be ‘unlike anything Vicksburg has ever done’
Published 11:47 am Wednesday, August 4, 2010
The Westside Theatre Foundation is gearing up for a show that will be “unlike anything Vicksburg has ever seen,” says director and producer Jack Burns.
This weekend and next, members of the 2-year-old theater group will perform the musical “Chicago” — a story of scandal, justice, celebrity and music — at the Coral Room inside The Vicksburg on Clay Street.
“It’s going to be pretty fun,” Burns said. “We will put on a great show, and I believe audience members are going to be pleasantly surprised.”
Starring in the lead role will be Kelda Bailess as Roxie Hart, a young woman who dreams of being a famous performer, but finds herself instead in Chicago’s Cook County Jail. Bailess, 30, has been acting for about six months, and this will be her debut in a leading role.