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[pedanther]

In the end, I did audition for Chicago. So did my sister-in-law, and my brother is going to be working backstage (on the understanding that, no matter how many actors the production loses during rehearsals, there is no way he is going to be sweet-talked into doing a walk-on).

My sister-in-law is hoping for a particular role. I generally don't do that - it saves on disappointment, and in any case I believe that if a play is any good every role has something to recommend it - but ever since the production was announced, I've had a strong suspicion about which role I'd be most likely to be given.

(I'll give you three guesses. That's more than generous: I'll be greatly impressed if you can even name three male roles in Chicago.)

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[scarfman]

You know, I can only think of two, the lawyer and the husband.

[ariaflame.livejournal.com]

Wasn't there a lover too, if briefly?

[pedanther]

I thought he was already dead when the show opened. Maybe I'm wrong (I'll find out soon enough), but anyway it wasn't a role I considered a possibility.

[igenlode.livejournal.com]

He dies in the opening scene.

"Roxie...!"

"Don't 'Roxie' me!" *BANG*

(from memory)

[pedanther]

That's it; so can I.

(Well, there's a few more lawyers and newmen and so on in the ensemble, I think, but it's only those two who have a major presence. And names.)