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- Submissions are in,
and we're one step closer to finding
Broadway's next Roxie Hart.
- And here we are back at the Stewart/Whitley office.
I'm Duncan Stewart.
- And I'm Charlotte D'Amboise.
- And I'm Benton Whitley.
And we're here in our casting office about
to choose the top 10 for the search for Roxie Hart.
- Our finalists.
- Yes, yes, we're very excited.
- Duncan Stewart and Benton Whitley
have been casting "Chicago" for 15 years.
And now they're getting help from long time Roxie,
Charlotte D'Amboise.
To boil down all of our submissions to the top 10.
Let's head back into the casting office
and find out which of our hopefuls
are still in the running to be Broadway's next Roxie.
♪ The lady♪
- [Charlotte] She's sexy.
♪ Raking in the ♪
- She's also got a backbone
which I think is important for Roxie, do you agree?
- I totally agree.
Nice voice.
- Yeah.
- I really like her choice
to actually film it on a stage, right?
- Yes.
- So she actually is playing the space.
Not too dissimilar from the way you play
it on the Ambassador.
- Yeah, it's nice to, because you get
the full, bigness of it.
- You see she can fill the space.
- Yes.
- I like her.
- I really like her.
- She knows how to shimmy.
- She certainly does.
- She's sharp. - She's sharp.
- She is, isn't she?
- Well she can totally do this.
- Oh my god.
She just needs a Velma behind her.
- Yeah, yeah, she just needs a Velma behind her.
She's perfect.
Yay!
All right, we love her.
- We love her.
♪ Can say she started with a bang, oh♪
- But, this Flynn guy gets me off
and with all this publicity,
I could still get into vaudeville.
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- Oh!
It's gonna be a swell act two.
- She's very poised.
- Yeah.
- You're going to work with somebody--
- I think we're stylized.
It feels very golden age musical theater
which totally is the show, right?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- She definitely has the chops.
- Yeah, and she looks fun.
- Yeah she does.
- I mean, she totally has that energy.
- I also like the fact too, she's got
a bit of maturity to her, do know what I mean?
She's a woman, she's not a girl.
She's a woman.
- Yes, yes, yes.
I agree totally.
- I say yes to her.
- I say yes too. - Me too.
♪ The name on everybody's lips ♪
♪ Is gonna be, Roxie♪
- Woo, I like her.
♪ The lady raking in the chips♪
- Me too, I like her a lot.
She's so beautiful.
- [Duncan] She's beautiful and she has
that Roxie sensibility.
- Okay, she's fabulous.
- We like her.
- She's sexy as can be.
♪ You're gonna recognize my hair ♪
♪ My lips, my teeth♪
- She got the words wrong, but that's all right.
- Uh, well.
- She's cute, though.
- You gotta get 'em right.
- I know, but.
- She's flirty and she's fun.
- You wanna know something?
All my life I wanted to be a dancer in vaudeville.
♪ The name on everybody's lips ♪
♪ Is gonna be Roxie♪
♪ Oo ah, ah, ah ♪
- Okay, I like her so much.
- Yes!
- She's honest, she's.
- Yeah, that's a full package.
- She's got something going on up here, doesn't she?
She's got a story and a secret behind her.
- Yes, and she seems authentic.
- Yes!
Another face that could be on our poster.
(laughing)
- I like her. - I like her too.
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I want her to be more precise with the dancing.
- Yeah.
You she she has the technique.
- Well, it's hard to tell, there's no space.
- And she's not really traveling is she?
- No, she's dancing in one spot so it's hard to tell.
- Yeah, her monologue though was really great.
- The monologue was fabulous.
- And the singing was excellent, too.
♪ Mechanics wife, I'm gonna be Roxie ♪
- I like her.
- She's good.
I wonder if she's played this role before.
- Oh it's interesting that you say that.
- Yeah.
♪ And who in case she doesn't hang♪
- You know, a lot of these ladies
have such impressive voices.
- Yeah, I know.
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♪ From just some dumb mechanic's wife ♪
♪ I'm gonna be Roxie♪
- It's gonna be a swell up too, yeah
- You know what I like about it,
she's got a backbone but she's lacking
a little bit of that.
- Vulnerability.
- Playfulness and vulnerability that Roxie has.
- Yes.
- But I feel like if we gave her an adjustment
and said, lighten it up.
- Yes.
- I think more like a child.
- Yes.
- You know, one minute you're doing this
the next minute you're doing that.
Because right now she's a bit tough for me.
Do you agree?
- Yes, I agree.
- I like her, let's put to her guys.
- [Duncan] Yay!
♪ Oo na na♪
- [Charlotte] She can sing.
- [Duncan] Yes.
- I like her, she's sassy.
I really like her.
- Yes!
- Yes, I say.
- Yeah, she's. - I say yes.
- Fabulous.
Whoa, we just watched a lot of videos.
- Oh my gosh.
- Oh my god.
- But I think we have our top 10 now.
- Yes.
- Your official top 10 contestants
in the search for Roxie are,
Kaelee Albritton, Gail Bennet,
Emily Britt, Madeline Corliss,
Kate Gulotta, Megan Meyer,
Emily Pittman, Bailey Rose,
Ginny Swanson, and Khalifa White.
A huge thank you to everyone
that took the leap and submitted an audition.
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- It's up to you at home to vote.
November 1st through the 8th you get
to choose the top three.
The top three ladies will be flown here
to New York for an in person audition
with us and the creative team and producers
of "Chicago the Musical."
So get out and vote now at ChicagotheMusical.com.
- Top three, top three.
- Now, it's your turn to vote
for the final three.
Watch the 10 semi-finalists in action.
Take notes, this is your chance to pick your favorite Roxie.
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