NEW YORK – Mira Sorvino is about to cross off something else on her bucket list.
The Academy Award winner will make her Broadway debut this fall in “Chicago,” playing the spotlight-seeking Roxie Hart from Sept. 15-Nov. 2 at the Ambassador Theatre.
“I have wished to dance and sing in a Broadway musical since I was a small child. To join ‘Chicago,’ such a legendary show, and such an incredible cast past and present, is literally a dream come true,” Sorvino said in a statement Wednesday.
Set in the 1920s, “Chicago” is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals. It has Bob Fosse-inspired choreography, skimpy outfits and killer songs such as “All That Jazz” and “Cell Block Tango.”
Sorvino won an Academy Award, a Golden Globe and a Critics’