NEW YORK — Alyssa Milano hopes to charm audiences when she makes her Broadway debut this fall in the musical “Chicago,” adding her celebrity to a show that skewers celebrity culture. “The beauty of theater is that you get to try new things every night,” she tells The Associated Press. “That’s what I used to love about doing theater.
And that’s what I hope that I can find again in doing ‘Chicago.’ ” Alyssa Milano said she wants to pay homage to Ann Reinking – who played Roxie Hart in the 1996 Broadway revival. Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Milano, former star of “Who’s the Boss?” and “Charmed,” steps into the role of Roxie Hart at the Ambassador Theatre beginning Sept.
16 for an eight-week engagement through Nov. 10. For Milano, hitting the stage is a return to her roots.
She was in a national touring company of “Annie” at age 8 and she went on to star in Wendy Wasserstein’s “Tender Offer” at the off-Broadway Ensemble Studio Theater and “All Night Long” at Second Stage. She was in the first American musical adaptation of “Jane Eyre” and produced and starred in a Los Angeles production of “Butterflies Are Free.” Milano says doing a stint on Broadway never felt right until now.
Her children – ages 9 and 12 – are settled in school and extracurricular activities, and her husband is in a good place in his career. “It just felt like when this offer came up that everything fell into place,” she says. “My 9-year-old daught.