`Chicago' Hope: To Knock 'Em Dead in Peoria; Guy and d'Amboise Fill Some Big Shoes as Killer Musical Revival Goes on the Road

From: The Washington Post | Date: April 13, 1997| Author: Paula Span | Copyright information

Charlotte d'Amboise says she has a headache.

Jasmine Guy confesses to feeling "internally agitated."

They're slouching on wooden chairs in a corner of the rehearsal studio on Eighth Avenue, sounding game but looking wiped. The national touring company of "Chicago" has just finished its first full run-through for an audience before hitting the road for Cincinnati and then a 12-week stand at Washington's National Theatre (now in previews, it opens Wednesday). True, this a...

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