Just weeks after getting fired from the CW's "Melrose Place" Ashlee Simpson has already landed herself another gig, in a Broadway production of "Chicago." OK, this seems like a downright terrible idea, but go on.

Simpson, whose character recently wrapped on the TV show "Melrose Place," starred in "Chicago" in 2006 in London's West End, where she received good notices. According to an inside source, Simpson will begin her Broadway run in December and perform for six weeks.

That same insider tells Gossip Cop that Fran and Barry Weissler, the show's producers, were really pleased with Simpson's performance in London, and had wanted her for some time to reprise the role. (Source)

I have no idea how Ashlee Simpson managed the feat of musical theater in London when her live performances in America have traditionally ended with the wrong lip-sync track being played and her dancing a jig. But sure, why not. Ashlee got fired from a mediocre night-time soap for not being able to act and then gets signed on to perform for the most prestigious theatrical institution in our country. That's like getting fired from a Fortune 500 company as a janitor and then getting re-hired at another as Vice President.