Linda Valyo
Linda Valyo portrays Annie, one of the murderesses, in the musical Chicago at the Gypsy Theatre in Cape Coral running the weekend of April 28-30. Annie’s dreams of domestic bliss are shattered when she discovers her boyfriend, Ezekiel Young, was married – to six other women! “One of those Mormons, you know?” So she fixed him a cocktail when he came home that night. “Some guys just can’t hold their arsenic.” How can you blame Annie for that? Besides, the bastard had it coming. Wouldn’t you have done the same? No? What? You woulda used potassium chloride?
This is not Linda’s first time performing in Chicago. She and bestie Missy
Carmean (who is currently playing Liz/Pop) were in Chicago in 2011 at Cultural Park Theatre, where Linda played Hunyak (Not Guilty). “I enjoy the role of Annie more than that of Hunyak because Annie is guilty and it’s way more fun portraying a criminal than an innocent,” Linda remarks.
Valyo loves musicals and has been performing since she was in grade school. Besides Chicago, her prior credits include Anything Goes, The Music Man, Guys and Dolls, Sweet Charity and All Shook Up.
In high school, Linda portrayed Sandy in Grease, but nowadays her favorite roles are in the ensemble where she gets to dance and sing with the entire cast.
April 25, 2023.
About the Author
Tom Hall is both an amateur artist and aspiring novelist who writes art quest thrillers. He is in the final stages of completing his debut novel titled "Art Detective," a story that fictionalizes the discovery of the fabled billion-dollar Impressionist collection of Parisian art dealer Josse Bernheim-Jeune, thought by many to have perished during World War II when the collection's hiding place, Castle de Rastignac in southern France, was destroyed by the Wehrmacht in reprisal for attacks made by members of the Resistance operating in the area. A former tax attorney, Tom holds a bachelor's degree as well as both a juris doctorate and masters of laws in taxation from the University of Florida. Tom lives in Estero, Florida with his fiancee, Connie, and their four cats.