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Lucie Arnaz |
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Lucie Arnaz
Lucie Arnaz, the daughter of television legends Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball, talks about how Angela Lansbury and Vivian Vance prompted her towards a career on the stage. She recalls her earliest appearances in regional productions of such shows as Cabaret and Once Upon A Mattress, done while on hiatus from Here's Lucy; some pointed direction she received from Michael Bennett during the national tour of Seesaw; how she, Sandy Duncan and Stockard Channing mirror the characters they played in the west coast premiere of Vanities; getting her first Broadway musical They're Playing Our Song and the fun and challenges of acting with Robert Klein, then best known for his stand-up comedy; why she turned down a chance to audition for City of Angels; how Hugh Jackman caused her to be the only American cast in the West End musical The Witches of Eastwick and why she thinks that production didn't cross the Atlantic; her rewarding and ultimately problematic relationship with the Coconut Grove Playhouse; the many hats she wore in creating her recent concert tribute to her father, Babalu, seen so far in New York and Miami; and how she came to choose "Baby June" Havoc as a surrogate grandmother for her children.
Original air date - August 11, 2010
Running Time - 1:01:25
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