NEW YORK (AP) 鈥 鈥淰anderpump Rules鈥 star Ariana Madix becomes the latest celebrity to take on the role of Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical, 鈥淐hicago.鈥
The show comes at a good time for Madix, who found out in the past year that her longtime partner and 鈥淰anderpump Rules鈥 Madix hopes that her stint on 鈥淒ancing with the Stars鈥 and playing Roxie in 鈥淐hicago鈥 will continue the trend of her being associated with something other than gossip and tabloid headlines.
鈥淚f I am in the papers, it鈥檒l be for things that are positive. It鈥檒l be for the work that I鈥檓 doing. It will be for more things like this and hopefully less things that are not fun,鈥 Madix told The Associated Press at a recent press day for the show.
She says that appearing on the reality television show taught her how to be herself, and that鈥檚 something she plans on bringing to her version of Roxie, which she stars in starting Jan. 29 for eight weeks.
鈥淭he Ariana Roxie is going to be unlike anyone else, because we鈥檙e all different people and we鈥檙e all going to bring our own experiences to it. So, I鈥檓 really looking forward to that.鈥
Set in the 1920s, the musical is a scathing satire of how show business and the media make celebrities out of criminals. It has skimpy outfits and killer songs such as 鈥淎ll That Jazz鈥 and 鈥淐ell Block Tango.鈥
On the Broadway stage, Madix is surrounded by an entire cast, so she expects the run to be 鈥渞eally fun.鈥 But that doesn鈥檛 mean she won鈥檛 react to her nerves.
鈥淚f anyone hears me screaming in my dressing room, it鈥檚 just part of me getting out my nervousness. It鈥檚 what I do,鈥 Madix said.
