The name on everybody’s lips is gonna be … Pamela!
Pamela Andersonis set to make herBroadwaydebut as Roxie Hart inChicago.
TheBaywatchalum will take on the lead role of Roxie — a wannabe vaudevillian who murders a man she is having an affair with, and becomes famous as a result — in an eight-week engagement running from April 12 through June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre in N.Y.C.
“I have always been a huge fan ofBob Fosse’s & Gwen Verdon’s work.Ann Reinking, too,” Anderson, 54, said in a press release. “Playing Roxie Hart is a dream fulfilled.”
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From L to R: Gwen Verdon inChicagoon Broadway (1975); Pamela Anderson; Renée Zellweger inChicago(2002).Jack Mitchell/Getty; Kurt Krieger/Corbis via Getty; Miramax/courtesy Everett
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Other big names who have stepped into Roxie’s dance shoes on stage over the years include Reinking,Ashlee Simpson RossandMichelle Williams, as well asRenée Zellwegerin the2002Chicagofilm adaptationoppositeCatherine Zeta-Jonesas rival and fellow murderess Velma Kelly.
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Anderson continued in the release, “Performing Fosse, you don’t have time to get in your head. You can’t dance, sing and think at the same time.”
“There is a freedom, a unique joy in knowing it’s all about the work,” added the actress and activist. “Playing Roxie Hart is a sweet escape for me.”
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News of Anderson’s upcoming stint on the Great White Way comes as Hulu’sPam & Tommywraps this week and five days after Anderson (who was not involved with the series) announced that she will open up about her storied life in an upcoming documentary forNetflix.
An official logline for the “definitive” movie calls it an “intimate portrait embedded in the life of Pamela Anderson as she looks back at her professional and personal path and prepares for the next steps on her journey.”
Ina handwritten noteon Netflix letterhead shared to Instagram, Anderson wrote, “My life. A thousand imperfections. A million misperceptions. Wicked, wild and lost. Nothing to live up to. I can only surprise you — Not a victim, but a survivor & Alive to tell the real story.”
Tickets forChicagocan be purchased atchicagothemusical.com.
source: people.com
