LUCY LAWLESS, TV'S FEARLESS WARRIOR PRINCESS, CONQUERS BROADWAY WITH HER SEXY TAKE ON GREASE!'S RIZZO.
September 19, 1997
Entertainment Weekly
I think Rizzo's a less evolved form of Xena," says
Lucy Lawless, who, while on hiatus from her role as
TV's tough-talking, leather-clad butt kicker, is playing
the tough-talking, leather-clad vixen in Broadway's
Grease! Lawless landed the role after one of the
show's producers caught her impromptu rendition of
"I'm an Old Cowhand" on The Rosie O'Donnell Show.
"Lucy brings with her an aura," says Grease! producer
Barry Weissler. "Before she even walks on stage,
we're already wondering what the Warrior Princess is
going to act like as Rizzo." One-upping her
predecessors (including O'Donnell and Brooke
Shields), Lawless adds sexuality and menace to the
role, slaying audiences--made up largely of
Xenaphiles--like so many rampaging Visigoths.
Allowing EW a glimpse of her backstage lair, the New
Zealander, who'll be going medieval on Sandra Dee
through Oct. 19, discusses her battle plan for the
Great White Way.
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