Cuba Gooding Jr to star in West End return of musical Chicago
He’ll play Billy Flynn in what will be his debut in London’s theatreland.
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Jerry Maguire star Cuba Gooding Jr will make his British stage debut as smooth-talking lawyer Billy Flynn when Chicago returns to London.
The actor, who recently starred in The People vs OJ Simpson, will be taking on his first role in a musical.
The musical first opened in New York in 1996 and ran in London for 15 years from 1997.
It opened at the Adelphi Theatre where it won the 1998 Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Musical Production as well as the 1998 Critics Circle Drama Award for Best Musical.
