Ms. Winfrey Wants to Act on Broadway

Live Your Best Life Event at Radio City Music Hall

According to the Chicago Tribune, it is Ms. Winfrey's dream to do Broadway, and she is aggressively perusing through stacks of plays to find just the right one to make her dream come true. Who knew how close she came to performing in Fences; in the end, however, her schedule could not accommodate both a talk show and Broadway. 

Ms. Winfrey as Rose?  Aah, just can't imagine it after seeing Viola Davis' amazing performance.

However, I saw Ms. Winfrey at Radio City Music Hall as part of her magazine's Live Your Best Life Weekend. There was a lot of speculation about what the surprise event would be on the Saturday evening of the weekend.  Would she have superstar guests and who would they be?  In the end, Ms Winfrey wound up standing on stage and  talking about the ups and downs in her life for roughly 80 - 90 minutes under George C. Wolfe's direction.  I was completely mesmerized. 

So while I cannot quite see her playing Rose, I look forward to seeing her Broadway acting debut.