Ariana Madix’s dreams have been coming true one after the other. The Vanderpump Rules star might’ve thought her finalist spot on Dancing with the Stars would be the peak of her dream run, but it may have been just the beginning.
Since then, Ariana has been cast as Roxie Hart in Chicago on Broadway. It’s an iconic role, that has been taken on by other Bravo stars in the past, including Lisa Rinna and Erika Jayne.
Overjoyed by the new job opportunity, Ariana shared all her thoughts in an interview with Extra.
Ariana is moving forward by saying “yes”
Ariana shared her reflections about achieving a spot on Broadway. “It is literally the reason why anything else has ever happened. It’s the reason why I majored in theater, it’s ultimately, it’s the reason why I lived here so long ago,” she said. “It’s ultimately even the reason I moved to L.A. in the first place so it’s crazy.”
She once thought the time to fulfill dreams had passed her. As she explained, “I’m 38, and so a lot of things that I dreamed of when I was younger, I kind of, assumed that time had passed and I, after living in L.A. for a minute, I realized that the only way for me to move in any direction was to just say yes to opportunities that were in front of me.”
Ariana continued, “I thought those opportunities were so wonderful and they were just going to take me down a different path and I was going to be happy with that, too … I definitely thought that this was something that wasn’t going to happen.”
Ariana’s time on DWTS and her relation to Roxie
As for her reaction to getting the part? She said, “Well, the moment I found out that I was even being like, you know, in talks and consideration, I was on my way to Raising Cane’s in El Segundo with one of my best friends and we cried, we screamed, we probably scared the driver.”
She further expressed how she related to the character of Roxie. “I think her story of wanting to be a dancer in vaudeville and thinking that all these opportunities had passed her by … her story of perseverance and the way that she just picks things up and learns really quickly just how to constantly have something that’s like getting her to where she wants to be.”
Ariana also described how her time on DWTS had prepared her for Broadway. “It was a grind in the best way but I loved that rehearsal process and I love this rehearsal process and so I think that Dancing with the Stars was like the best boot camp in a way to be ready for something like this.”
Vanderpump Rules returns to Bravo, starring Ariana, on Tuesday, January 30 at 8/7c.
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