Reprising her portrayal of Roxie Hart, the jazz baby who knocks off her lover and wants her milquetoast husband to take the rap, Simpson was terrific, turning out what was probably the most vivid performance in the production. Musical purists might quibble that she wasn't always in key and that she was better at airbrushing notes than sustaining them, but she airbrushed tantalizingly and with smoky personality.
