Today's News NJ has learned that Chandra Wilson will star in Broadway's hit musical 'Chicago,' for a limited run starting June 8 through July 5.
The 'Grey's Anatomy' star will play the role of Matron "Mama" Morton, which was portrayed by Queen Latifah in the big screen remake of the show in 2002.
Wilson has portrayed Dr. Miranda Bailey on the ABC hit drama series since 2005. For her turn as the no-nonsense hospital honcho, the Houston native has garnered three Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series. She also won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series, a second Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Drama Series Ensemble and three NAACP Image Awards.
'Chicago' will not be her first turn on The Great White Way; she starred in the production of Lynda Barry's 'The Good Times Are Killing Me,' both at the Second Stage and Minetta Lane Theatres, for which she won a Theatre World Award for Outstanding Debut Performance. In 2004 she won raves for her role as Dotty Moffett in 'Caroline, or Change,' which was written by Tony Kushner, composed by Jeanine Tesori and directed by George C. Wolfe.
She also appeared in the Broadway productions of 'Avenue Q' and 'On the Town/'
Wilson, who has been performing in musicals since the age of five, earned her BFA in Drama from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, where she spent four years training at the Lee Strasberg Theatre Institute.
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