She has also recently played Roxie in the Broadway company of Chicago.

She played her final performance as Amber in the Broadway company on July 13, 2008 after being in the production for a year.

At least, that's what three leading Off Broadway companies decided this spring.

In New York this truth is grasped most often by Off Broadway companies.

The workshop is a nonprofit Off Broadway company dedicated, among other things, to the development of new directors and playwrights.

The Off Broadway company brings new actors together with seasoned veterans of the stage.

Later, she joined the Broadway company of Rent.

Since then, the ensemble, which now numbers 34 members, has acquired what other Off Broadway companies can only dream about.

"We were better than the Broadway company," he says.

Ms. Duncan is expected to join the Broadway company as scheduled on May 25.