Eddie George, the running back and nine-year veteran of the NFL, will make his Broadway debut in the long-running musical revival “Chicago.”
George, the 1995 Heisman Trophy winner for Ohio State University and a commentator on Fox’s college football coverage, will play the role of slick attorney Billy Flynn for seven weeks, from Jan. 11 to Feb. 28.
George is no stranger to the stage, having appeared in such works in his hometown of Nashville, including Matthew Lopez’s “The Whipping Man” (Nashville Repertory Theatre), Suzan-Lori Parks’ “Topdog/Underdog” (Amun Ra Theatre) and in the title roles of both Othello and Julius Caesar at the Nashville Shakespeare Festival.