Lucie's
illustrious repertoire of theatre successes
include:
Lucie's
illustrious repertoire of theatre successes
include:
- The Neil Simon/Marvin Hamlish hit musical "They Playing Our Song", where Lucie played the lovable goof, Sonia Walsk, (Broadway) with Robert Klein/Tony Roberts, receiving outstanding reviews. This is probably Lucie's most well-renowned theatre performance.
- "Once Upon A Mattress" - role of Winifred (Kenley Players, Summer Stock Theatre, Ohio)
- "Cabaret" - role of Sally Bowles (San Bernadino Civic Light Opera, San Bernadino, California)
- "Lil’ Abner" - role of Daisy Mae (Kenley Players)
- "Bye, Bye Birdie" - role of Rose (The Melody Top Theatre, Millwakee, Wisconsin)
- "Vanities" - role of Kathy directed by Garland Wright (The West Coast Premiere, The Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, California)
- "Seesaw" - role of Gittle Mosca directed by Michael Bennett, first national tour
- "Annie Get Your Gun" - role of Annie Oakley (The Jones Beach Theatre, New York)
- "Educating Rita" - American Premiere directed by Mike Ockrent with Laurence Luckinbill
- "Who's Life is it Anyway?" - first national tour with Laurence Luckinbill
- "I Do! I DO!" - with Laurence Luckinbill (5 month record breaking tour) (U.S. Summer Tour)
- "The Guardsman" - with Laurence Luckinbill (revival at Papermill Playhouse, New Jersey)
- "My One and Only" - the internationally acclaimed Gershwin musical, first national company with Tommy Tune (9 months)
- "Social Security" - first national company directed by Mike Nichols, with Laurence Luckinbill
- The Tony Award winning "Lost in Yonkers" - role of Bella directed by Gene Saks (Broadway, Richard Rogers' Theatre)
"The Woman Who Laughed" - role of Nell Ryder (American Premiere of new Joyce Carol Oates play)
- "Grace and Glorie" - role of Glorie (new Tom Zeigler, two woman play with Estelle Parsons) (Off Broadway, at The Roundabout Theatre in New York)
- "Wonderful Town" - role of Ruth (Reprise Series)
- "Master Class" - role of Maria Callas (Seacoast Repertory Theatre in Portsmouth, New Hampshire)
- "Wonderful Town" - Lucie revived her role of Ruth (Reprise Series, Los Angeles, California) (Sept - Oct, 1999)
- "The Witches Of Eastwick" - Lucie starred as Alex in this bewitching Cameron McIntosh musical comedy production. Lucie played in London's prestigous West End for more than a year (Royal Drury Lane Theatre; Prince Of Wales Theatre, London) (June, 2000 - July, 2001)
- "Once Removed" - Lucie starred in Eduardo Machado's new play. She plays the role of a privileged Cuban exile who flees Castro's Cuba a few months prior to the Bay Of Pigs fiasco (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, Florida) (April - May, 2003)
- "A Picasso" - Lucie Arnaz played the mysterious Miss Fischer, who had been hired by the Gestapo during the height of the German Occupation to interrogate the great Pablo Picasso, regarding the authenticity of three paintings left over by people fleeing the regime (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, Florida) (April - May, 2004)
- "Ann & Debbie" - Lucie stared in this two-person comedy, written by Lionel Goldstein, which was billed as a witty, elegant, Noel Coward-worthy "New York tale of friendship, secrets and lies." "Ann and Debbie" also starred Elizabeth Ashley (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, Florida) (March - April, 2005)
- "Sonia Flew" - Lucie stared alongside her daughter, Katharine Luckinbill in this new play by Melinda Lopez. (Coconut Grove Playhouse, Miami, Florida) (April - May, 2006)
- "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" - Lucie played the role of Muriel Eubanks in this hilarious Broadway musical comedy based on the 1988 film that starred Michael Caine and Steve Martin. Dirty Rotten Scoundrels is set in the glamorous French Riviera where two con men meet and decide that the town isn't big enough for both of them. They agree to a contest: the first one to swindle $50,000 from a young female heiress wins and the other man must leave town. (Broadway, The Imperial Theatre) (May - Sept, 2006)
We've seen Lucie on the big screen and in the box, in
starring roles and behind the scenes. But when it comes to Broadway and the
theatre, another amazing showcase of Lucie's talent shines through.
Lucie's love for the theatre goes back to her childhood, in fact, she
gives much of the credit to Vivian Vance (Lucie's co-worker, mentor and dear
friend) for her love and devotion to the theatre....
"Vivian used to do cameos on the [Here's Lucy] show, 'Aunt Viv' kind
of thing. My greatest memory is her taking me aside one afternoon and saying,
'So girl, what do you do on your hiatus?' I started listing all the wonderful
vacation spots of the world that I had an opportunity to visit in my four
months off and she got this real stern look on her face and said, 'You forgetting
about theatre? You're a theatre person. I've seen you in high school plays,
you know about the theatre and have loved it since you were a little girl.
You are a stage person, don't you forget about that talent. Don't get stuck
on a sitcom for the rest of your life playing second banana to big red.'"
-- Lucie Arnaz. Quoted from "The Other
Side of Ethel Mertz, The Life Story of Vivian Vance" by Frank Castelluccio
and Alvin Walker, published in 1998 by Knowledge, Ideas & Trends,
Inc.
