Pamela Anderson, best known for playing CJ on TV's Baywatch, will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago April 12. Anderson, who also produced her own TV series V.I.P., will step into the role of Roxie Hart for an eight-week limited engagement through June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre.
The actor-producer recently appeared on ABC's The View to discuss her Main Stem bow, her memoir, and an upcoming Netflix documentary.
"I've always been really good at taking opportunity when it comes and and just grabbing it by the throat and just going for it. It's scary and exciting and all those wonderful things. I love that," Anderson says. Watch the complete interview above.
Anderson is also a board member and honorary director of PETA, and in 2014 she founded The Pamela Anderson Foundation, which supports organizations and individuals that stand on the front lines, risking their lives to protect and preserve human, animal, and environmental rights.
The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores! presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 14, 1996, where it remained through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre, and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.
It is now the second-longest running show in Broadway history (after The Phantom of the Opera). Over the last 25 years, the show has been seen in 36 different countries by 33 million people worldwide.
READ: How the Chicago Costumes Have Evolved Over 25 Years
With a book by the late Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago features direction by Walter Bobbie, choreography by the late Ann Reinking, set design by John Lee Beatty, costume design by William Ivey Long, lighting design Ken Billington, sound design by Scott Lehrer, and casting by Stewart/Whitley.
The current production, produced by Barry and Fran Weissler, won the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical in 1997 as well as awards for actors Bebe Neuwirth and James Naughton, director Bobbie, lighting designer Billington, and Reinking. The original production was directed and choreographed by the late Fosse.
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson
Pamela Anderson and Barry Weissler
Pamela Anderson and Barry Weissler
Pamela Anderson and Barry Weissler
