By Jovita Trujillo - Los Angeles May 22, 2024 10:07 PM EDT Just two months after the world was worried that Richard Simmons was dying , a show about the fitness guru’s life may be coming to Broadway. The 75-year-old legend took to his favorite social media platform, Facebook, to share the exciting news. ©GettyImages Richard Simmons went off the radar in 2014 On March 14, Simmons wrote, “I am so excited! I just got off the phone with a friend of mine who is an attorney and manages famous artists in music.
She ran an idea by me...
..she wants to do an interactive Broadway show about my life.
” Sharing some details about the setup he explained, “The seats on the ground floor will be removed so people can work out to some of the musical numbers in the show.” Following the news, Simmons told Page Six, he is already full of ideas, “I am so excited about the prospect of my own Broadway show. I have so many ideas, and I’m writing them all down.
” “Broadway is in my blood!” he added. ©GettyImages Richard Simmons in 2011 Simmons has been very active on Facebook this year, especially now with the exciting Broadway news on his mind. He’s been sharing some of his favorite stories watching shows, like when he saw Dames at Sea starring Bernadette Peters , Dreamgirls with Jennifer Holiday, Evita with Patty LuPone , Cats with Betty Buckley , Rent with Idina Menzel, and more.
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