THE last time Canberra actor Adrian Flor had anything to do with the underworld, he was playing the charming gambler Sky Masterson in “Guys and Dolls”.
Now he’s back at it again in the more cynical role of criminal lawyer Billy Flynn in “Chicago”, the musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse set in the Jazz Age.
Flynn is the rogue attorney who makes his living by getting killers off and in this show, he teams up with the merry murderesses Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly.
Flor told “CityNews” he was “having so much fun in rehearsals”. Free Rain Theatre director Anne Somes, choreographer Lisa Buckley and musical director Leisa Keen were all feeling so confident about the production that they took the whole cast out to the now-empty Quamby detention centre to get the feeling what it was like to be behind bars.
Flor was just a little bit disappointed – it looked so squeaky clean. Not like the real Chicago at all.“Chicago”, The Q, Queanbeyan, February 10-26. Bookings to 6285 6290.
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