Suzanne Somers' The Blonde In The Thunderbird: I'm Intrigued!

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There was a huge full-page ad in this weekend's paper for a new one-woman musical coming to Toronto called The Blonde In The Thunderbird, starring Suzanne Somers.

It will be playing at The Princess of Wales Theatre from June 16 to 26 in a pre-Broadway run. I'm guessing that it's before they start renovating for the LOTR musical which will open in The Princess of Wales next spring. Either that or Suzanne will get an unexpected chorus ofHobbits as her "back-up boys". Nasty.

Playbill also ran this article on the production, which runs down the pre-production history:

The Blonde in the Thunderbird at the Brooks Atkinston this summer will be none other than "Three's Company" star Suzanne Somers. The "one woman musical show" will play a limited run July 8-Sept. 3.

In the show, written and directed by Ken and Mitzie Welch, Somers will talk "intimately and honestly about her journey to become the successful and well-known performer and entrepreneur she is today, just as she did in her best-selling autobiography, `Keeping Secrets.'" She will also sing, her repotoire including well-known songs and tunes of her own composition.

The title refers to the role that first brought Somers attention: a mysterious blonde pursued by a young Richard Dreyfuss in the film "American Graffiti." She went on to much greater fame in the sitcom "Three's Company," in which she played the ditzy sexpot Chrissy Snow, one of two women sharing quarters with John Ritter.

Prior to coming to New York, the show will play an engagement at the Princess of Wales Theatre in Toronto, June 16-26. Blonde had its world premiere at the Spreckels Theatre in San Diego, CA, in January 2004.

Like I said, I'm intrigued. I was in a bookstore the other day and there was Suzanne on a video screen making some sort of healthy dessert custard from one of her zillion cookbooks, and I thought to myself "you go girl".

She's managed to keep her profile up over the years in a positive, friendly way. When I saw the ad for the show I said "hey, that sounds like fun" -- not, "ick, sounds creepy".

So we'll see. I hope it does better than Farrah's show!

By Suzy Conn on April 19, 2005 7:06 PM | | Comments (0)


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