The name on everybody's lips is gonna be...Brooke! (I bet Tom Cruise couldn't do this...)

Brooke Shields, who received glowing notices for her stint in the recent Broadway production of Wonderful Town, will step into another revival Sept. 9 when she joins the cast of Chicago.

Shields will replace Charlotte d'Amboise as merry murderess Roxie Hart in the Tony-winning Kander and Ebb musical at the Ambassador Theatre. Shields previously played the role in the West End production at the Adelphi Theatre in April.

On Broadway Brooke Shields has been seen in Wonderful Town, Grease! and Cabaret, and her Off-Broadway credits include The Vagina Monologues and The Exonerated. Shields' screen work includes "Pretty Baby," "Endless Love," "The Weekend," "The Bachelor" and "King of the Gypsies." She won an American Comedy Award for a guest appearance on "Friends," which led to her hit series "Suddenly Susan."

I remember how Brooke was always featured in those cheesy early '80s Bob Hope specials...what was it about Bob Hope and Brooke Shields? Now that I think back, that was so...WEIRD...but it just seemed like good fun at the time. Sigh.

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