This way for Broadway
“Chicago the Musical” runs from February 12 to 22 at Muangthai Rachadalai Theatre (MRT: Thailand Cultural Centre). Showtimes are 7.30pm daily, with 2pm matinees on Saturdays and Sundays. Tickets are Bt1,000 to Bt4,000 (30 per cent discount for groups of 30 or more), available at Thaiticketmajor. The website for the show is www. ChicagotheMusical.com. Special thanks to BEC Tero’s Atita Ducci who helped arrange these interviews.
Tom Wopat (C) star as Billy Flynn
a sports game, etc. It just has electricity that can’t be felt on screen.” Having performed with DeJean in “Chicago” for, on and off, almost two and a half years, MacLeod says, “Michelle gives 150 per cent to every single performance. Working with her, I feel I’m alongside someone whose standards are very high and that inspires me.” DeJean agrees: “Terra and I are really good friends on and offstage. I think the bottom line F e b r u a r y 1 -7 , 2 0 0 9
for chemistry onstage is respect for your fellow actor.” On a last note, MacLeod says, “I’m excited about coming to Bangkok — it’ll be my first time. I’ve always wanted to visit Thailand. My sister’s then-fiancé, now husband, proposed to her on an elephant in Thailand.” One of the most highly acclaimed aspects of the show is its pulsating lighting design, which syncs with the dance movements and the music and creates a
kaleidoscope of atmospheres on a simple set. Step forward lighting designer Ken Billington, who won a Tony Award for this magic. “I always say, jokingly, that a lighting designer is the most important person in the theatre,” he told Playbill last month. “I can make you cry. I can make you get excited — maybe even make you jump to your feet. By doing a light cue in the right way, I can change the emotions of what the audience sees.” | 11 |