Celebrity | Jerry Springer Jerry Springer Joins Chicago Cast in London Talk show host to perform in West End musical By Nick McMaster Posted Feb 18, 2009 2:35 PM CST Copied 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) 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." Read These Next Detainee in Brown University shooting is 24-year-old man. A beach massacre at a Jewish event in Australia killed 12. Father and son killed 15 people on Bondi Beach, police say. Mom of Karoline Leavitt's nephew has a message for her. Report an error