Playing Ruth Wallis herself along with a barrage of other characters (including a medicated Mary Poppins, and a Follies Bergere wannabe), Cates garnered positive reviews from critics.
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She appeared at the Taste of Chicago and sang the National Anthem on Veterans Weekend at a Chicago Bears football game.
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Cates left the show on December 10, 2006, and was replaced by Dee Roscioli.
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Cates then returned to the Broadway production and played her final performance May 29, 2005, to originate the role of Standby Elphaba in the Chicago sit-down production of the musical, to Ana Gasteyer's Elphaba.
Phoebe Cates | Kristy Swanson | Wes Cates | Kristy Thirsk | Kristy McNichol | Kristy Cates | Georgina Cates | Daniel Cates | Souvenir (Kristy Thirsk album) | Kristy Wright | Kristy Starling | Kristy Moore | Kristy Kreher Sullivan | Kristy Kowal | David Allan Cates |
J. Robert Spencer, Jenny-Lynn Suckling, Robert Hunt, Kristy Cates, Clyde Alves, Alena Watters, Brad Bradley, Tony Falcon, Benjie Randall and the New York theatre debut of Gennifer Flowers.