quizking101 said: "She came out of her (albeit brief) musical retirement for this show, so I suspect she is going to ride this wave as long as she is able to. Definitely at least until the Tony Awards
It’s a role she’s struck gold in getting, and it’s not exactly a physically demanding one."
EXACTLY! She has always wanted to play this role on Broadway, especially after she played Joanne in that concert version from like 2011? She will play this role for as long as she possibly can. When I saw this last month, I could tell she really enjoyed playing the role. You are right, it's not that physically demanding. I think the most dancing she does is in the opening number as well as "Side By Side" and that's about it. I have tickets to see it again in April and I could not be more excited! This show is everything!
The idea is to work and to experiment. Some things will be creatively successful, some things will succeed at the box office, and some things will only - which is the biggest only - teach you things that see the future. And they're probably as valuable as any of your successes. -Harold Prince