Hart and soul; 'Chicago' star Charlotte d'Amboise puts her all into sexy murderess role.

From: The Boston Herald | Date: January 21, 1998| Author: Fanger, Iris | Copyright information

It's hard to believe that a murderess can steal your heart, but that's what happens at every performance of "Chicago" when Charlotte d'Amboise as Roxie Hart takes the stage. Dressed in a fluffy blond wig, d'Amboise bats her eyes, kicks up her accomplished heels, and the audience falls in love.

Despite her family's ballet lineage, d'Amboise, who also played Lola, the sexy devil's advocate in Broadway's "Damn Yankees" and appeared in a recent revival of "Company," says sh...

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