Wednesday afternoon, Texas State graduate Logan Floyd is in Lincoln, Neb., warming up in their winter coat to play the iconic Velma Kelly in Broadway Across America’s touring production of “Chicago.”
Any way you look at it, this show is a big deal. It’s the longest-running American musical in Broadway history, celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. It boasts bombastic choreography by the legendary Bob Fosse. It inspired an Academy-Award winning rendition starring Rene Zellweger and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
But the show is an even bigger deal for Floyd, who graduated with a BFA from Texas State in 2019, moved the next day to New York, and landed the role of Velma Kelly. The touring company performed 16 shows in its run before shutting down for Covid-19. Now that the quarantine is over, the company has resumed its tour, and Floyd could not be happier.
