While still in college, Bianca Marroquín auditioned and got a role in the Mexico City production of
Beauty and the Beast, so she decided to move to
Mexico City and start her professional theatre career. She performed in Mexican productions of several Broadway musicals:
Rent (1999–2001),
The Phantom of the Opera, and
Chicago, which landed her an invitation to perform as
Roxie Hart, with
George Hamilton as Billy Flynn, at the
Ambassador Theatre on
Broadway. Afterward, she returned to Mexico City to close the
Chicago season and join
The Vagina Monologues Mexican cast. She left
The Vagina Monologues when she received the invitation to perform as Roxie Hart in the US and Canada tour of
Chicago. This tour made her the first Mexican ever in receiving the
Helen Hayes Award in Washington, D.C., as outstanding Lead Actress. In December 2003, she went back to Broadway as Roxie Hart, now at the
Ambassador Theatre, to rejoin the tour after his Broadway season. Marroquin has played Roxie Hart in the Broadway production of Chicago three times since then, in 2006, 2007 and 2008. Her recent off-Broadway work has included ''
And the World Goes 'Round in October 2007 and the North Shore Music Theatre production of Bye Bye Birdie'' in summer 2008. In the Mexican production of
The Sound of Music, she starred as Maria, alongside Lisardo and Olivia Bucio. After 100 performances she returned to work in the USA national tour of the
Chicago company. She announced on her Twitter and Facebook page that she was joining the Broadway cast of
In the Heights from June 12 to September 5, 2010 to play the role of Daniela. Starting in 2010, Marroquín made a return to television as a judge for
Mira Quien Baila (the Spanish language version of
Dancing with the Stars) for four years running. She also appeared in
Pequenos Gigantes in 2011. From there,
Televisa picked her up as the main protagonist of the new telenovela
Esperanza del Corazón. It premiered on July 18, 2011 in Mexico. She also sings the theme song to the novela, titled "Esperanza del Corazón". She was
Mary Poppins in the first production of the Disney musical in Spanish in November 14, 2012 in Mexico City. Bianca Marroquín is a judge for the current season of "Bailando por un Sueño", a reality competition show seen on Univision. She returned once more to the starring role of Roxie Hart in the long-running Broadway hit
Chicago on March 31, 2014. That same month, Marroquín was named the first-ever National Ambassador for Viva Broadway. The Broadway League of producers created the new audience development initiative to help bridge the world of Broadway with Latino audiences around the country. Marroquín's first solo album,
El Mundo Era Mío (The World Was Mine) was released May 13, 2014. She co-wrote five of the songs on the 11-track album, which is described as a mix of contemporary pop with a healthy splash of Latin influence, with songs in both English and Spanish. Three years later, she released a second album,
Nuestros Tesoros, consisting of covers of classic songs in Spanish. Marroquín played
Chita Rivera in
Fosse/Verdon, a TV show about the lives of
Bob Fosse and
Gwen Verdon, which was released in 2019. After playing Roxie Hart for 20 years, Marroquín reopened
Chicago on Broadway as the other female lead
Velma Kelly after the
COVID-19 pandemic shutdown. During the evening performance of February 4, 2022, she was presented with the Mr. Amigo 2022 award by the Mr. Amigo Association. ==Awards and honors==