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Jerry Springer Joins Chicago Cast in London

Talk show host to perform in West End musical

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(Newser) – Jerry Springer will test his singing, dancing, and acting chops in a production of Chicago in London’s prestigious West End, the Times of London reports. Springer, a former lawyer, will play the role of lawyer Billy Flynn. The talk show host acknowledged that musical theater would have its challenges: "When I sing the audience really gets involved because they will have to guess where the notes were supposed to have been."

Jerry Springer poses with the Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, in the West End musical Chicago, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
Jerry Springer poses with the Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, in the West End musical Chicago, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
US television presenter Jerry Springer receives a kiss from Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, guest starring as Billy Flynn in the West End musical Chicago, at the Cambridge Theatre in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
US television presenter Jerry Springer receives a kiss from Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, guest starring as Billy Flynn in the West End musical Chicago,...   (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
In this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 picture, Jerry Springer arrives at NBC's Fall Premiere Party, in Los Angeles.
In this Thursday, Sept. 18, 2008 picture, Jerry Springer arrives at NBC's Fall Premiere Party, in Los Angeles. "America's Got Talent" isn't getting more of Jerry Springer.   (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Jerry Springer poses with the Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, in the West End musical Chicago, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.
Jerry Springer poses with the Chicago Showgirls as it is announced he will make his stage debut on June 1, 2009, in the West End musical Chicago, in central London, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2009.   (AP Photo/Joel Ryan)
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