Watch Chicago's Newest Roxie Hart, Pamela Anderson, Meet the Press

Pamela Anderson, best known for playing CJ on TV's Baywatch, will make her Broadway debut in the Tony-winning revival of Chicago next month.

Anderson, who also produced her own TV series V.I.P., will step into the role of Roxie Hart April 12 for an eight-week limited engagement through June 5 at the Ambassador Theatre.

"I have always been a huge fan of Bob Fosse's and Gwen Verdon’s work. Ann Reinking, too,” Anderson said in an earlier statement. “Playing Roxie Hart is a dream fulfilled. Performing Fosse, you don’t have time to get in your head. You can’t dance, sing, and think at the same time. There is a freedom, a unique joy in knowing it’s all about the work. Playing Roxie Hart is a sweet escape for me."

Anderson is also a board member and honorary director of PETA, and in 2014 she founded The Pamela Anderson Foundation, which supports organizations and individuals that stand on the front lines, risking their lives to protect and preserve human, animal, and environmental rights.

The revival of Chicago began life as one of the three annual Encores! presentations offered by City Center. The musical opened on Broadway at the Richard Rodgers Theatre in November 14, 1996, where it remained through February 1997. The musical transferred to the Shubert Theatre, and played that house through January 26, 2003. The revival reopened at the Ambassador Theatre January 29 that year.

It is now the second-longest running show in Broadway history (after The Phantom of the Opera). Over the last 25 years, the show has been seen in 36 different countries by 33 million people worldwide.

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