Wicked’s McClanahan gears up to share stories from memoirs at Playhouse on the Green

Emmy Award winning actress Rue McClanahan, known most prominently for her role in the TV series “Golden Girls” and also most recently for her role as Madame Morrible in Stephen Schwart’s Broadway musical “Wicked,” will read from her memoir, “My First Five Husbands…and the Ones That Got Away,” on Oct. 20 at Playhouse on the Green, Bridgeport, Connecticut, according to a Sept. 10 article published on BroadwayWorld.com.

As McClanahan prepares to go on tour for her newest endeavor with “My First Five Husbands…”, she said all the effort that went into the book is beginning to pay off. “You have to deal with editors an publishers about things you can or can’t say, pictures you can or can’t include,” McClanahan said about the book-writing process. “There are a few tiny mistakes in it. But, when all is said and done, I’m proud of it. Once you start reading it, you won’t be able to put it down. Trust me!”

In her last big peformance playing Madame Morrible from July 2005 through January 2006, McClanahan was dubbed fabulously flamboyant in the role by the New York Times in a July 2005 review that announced, “She steals scenes with a flip of the hand.” Alongside Megan Hilty as Glinda, McClanahan shined in her role, which included wearing bright kimono-like dresses and replicating the brazen headmistress character of the witches’ school.

Wicked - the story of Glinda the Good Witch of the East and Elphaba the Wicked Witch of the West - has won over audiences throughout the country, as well as in London and Australia with its glitzy storyline that includes themes of popularity, fitting in and coming-of-age. When Glinda and Elphaba are made roommates at sorcery schoolThat’s where McClanahan’s Madame Morrible steps in. “She starts out so likable and apparently trustworthy and good, and then by the end she’s an absolute daughter of Satan and gets dragged off to prison,” McClanahan said of her role in a 2005 interview with Playbill.com. “She goes crazy. She has always been a little crazy, and she’s been covering it up because she wants power. She’s power mad. And she, you know, by the way, is the brains behind everything.”

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