🦋 On this day in 2011 Darius and America Ferrera took part in a photocall and press day at the Garrick Theatre in London to launch their casting in the musical ‘Chicago’.
Darius was returning to the role of Billy Flynn and America was making her West End debut as Roxie Hart.
Playbill reported on Darius' casting at the time saying:
Darius Campbell to Join America Ferrera in West End Return of Chicago
Darius Campbell, formerly Darius Danesh, will return to the cast of the London production of Chicago, in which he was previously seen in 2006, to star again as Billy Flynn when it resumes performances at the West End's Garrick Theatre Nov. 7.
He will join the previously reported America Ferrera, making her British stage debut as Roxie Hart, in a company that also features Amra-Faye Wright as Velma Kelly, James Doherty as Amos Hart, Jasna Ivir as Mama Morton and R. Whitehead as Mary Sunshine. Campbell has also appeared in the West End as Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls and as Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind. On TV, he has starred in BBC1's "Hotel Babylon," and last year he won ITV1's "Popstar to Operstar" competition, after which he made his operatic debut in Carmen at the 02 Arena. He has also toured the UK with his History of the Big Bands show, and was a guest star at the Beatles 50th Anniversary Concert at the Royal Albert Hall alongside Shirley Bassey, Tony Christie and Beverley Knight.
You can watch a video of Darius and America being interviewed about joining the cast below:
Photos from the official photocall:
