Madam Secretary' alum Erich Bergen to star in Broadway's 'Chicago

Erich Bergen, who starred in Jersey Boys, Waitress, and Madam Secretary, has agreed to play Billy Flynn in the Chicago musical on Broadway.

The producers of the Tony-winning production announced on Monday that Bergen's debut performance is set for August 1.

Chicago tells the tale of Roxie Hart, a woman caught up in the decadent glitz of the 1920s.

Nightclub dancer and housewife who kills her side-lover when he makes threats to leave her

She deceives the public, the media, and her rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, in an effort to avoid being found guilty.

by enlisting the services of Chicago's slickest criminal attorney to turn her nefarious conduct into a bombardment of sensational headlines

The musical revival is celebrating its 25th birthday this year.

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