Pamela Anderson on 'The View' talks about joining 'Chicago'

Actress Pamela Anderson was a guest on 'The View' talking about relocating from the west coast to NYC to join the musical "Chicago" for eight weeks. She said she was first invited to play the role ten years ago, but she didn't want to take it because her kids were too young. She was invited again by Barry Wessler earlier this year, and now she's making her B'way debut. She likes taking new challenges.

Anderson says she's 'scared out of her mind' (the cohosts picked up on her nervous energy while sitting next to her), and Whoopi Goldberg gave her encouragement - the audience wants her to succeed, and she needs to remind herself the audience bought tickets to see her.



https://youtu.be/HoePfrc29vo

soulmistin said: "I know a lot of people were upset about this casting, but I’m going to give her the benefit of the doubt. It seems like she really respects the work and wants to put in the effort for her performance. That’ll speak for itself in a few weeks."<

I agree. I do feel she has a fair amount of support from the Broadway community and fans. It’s mostly the “woke” gen Z crowd I see complaining because they want Emma Pittman to get her shot. I do agree they need to give Emma her deserved opportunity soon.

cwilliams said: "One thing I respected about Cameron Mackintosh,he didn't resort to stunt casting to try to keep Cats, Les Miz, Miss Saigon or Phantom running. I love Chicago but it seems pretty clear that stunt casting is the only reason this show is still able to run, and I think that has led to a lack of quality in the show overall, compared to where it was in the late 90s"

That’s not out of some grand respect for the material. He’s done everything he can to turn the shows themselves into stars so that he doesn’t need to bother with stars, and therefore, their salaries. He’s also aware that stunt casting most of these would be incredibly hard. The only ones with a clear role for a star are Phantom and Saigon. Good luck finding stars with those voice types. Trust me, if he thought the reward would outweigh the costs of a star salary, the man would go full on Weissler.

I was very impressed with this candid interview she did. She has confidence, and takes this job very seriously. This might be a new chapter in her life.

she also did a nice interview on the Broadway show with Tamsen Fadal

I’ll be there Thursday!

I’m going 22nd April. Still think it’s publicity for her ‘image’ due to the Hulu series and the new Netflix documentary coming soon. Skeptical until I see the first official pictures and hear her sing. Not expecting much, it is Chicago. The stunt casting is legendary. But in the 25 years that the revival has been out, I’ve never seen due to not wanting to see horrid stunt casting. It really brought Pam Anderson for me to see Chicago. But I was a kid when she was in her celeb prime, so this is a bit exciting!

David10086 said: "So anyone here planning to see her in the show?"

Absolutely. Haven’t been back to see CHICAGO since it’s days at the Shubert Theatre and I already bought my tickets. I also have about 10 friends who are flying in to see her during her run. And these are non-Broadway people. Pamela has brought back that long-gone spark to CHICAGO. Even if she just stands in place and wiggles and talk-sings her songs, we’re all excited about this Broadway debut.

Does anyone know who will be playing 'Velma' opposite Anderson's 'Roxie' ? How about 'Billy Flynn' ?