murderess
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After much fan speculation, she officially stepped into the role of murderess Roxie Hart this week at New York's Ambassador Theatre.
From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026
Leavitt has played tap-dancing murderess Roxie Hart in the Broadway revival since February.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
In this eerie, rather primitive context, its easy to surmise that the murderess is a witch.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2024
Rivera also inhabited roles like Rosie, the girlfriend of a rock star’s manager in “Bye Bye Birdie,” the original Velma and later the ambitious murderess Roxie in “Chicago,” and former showgirl Lilane in “Nine.”
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
I neither know nor suspect that—that she—Jim Cayley, would you believe Mary to be a murderess, even if all the world declared her to be one?
From The Red Symbol by John Ironside
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