‘The Real Housewives of New Jersey’ Hit The Stage

WSJ.com:

On television they play themselves; onstage they have to memorize the script, and move on certain lines—blocking, that’s what it’s called, says reality star Lauren Manzo.

“The Real Housewives of New Jersey,” Teresa Giudice, Ashley Holmes, Jacqueline Laurita, Caroline Manzo and Lauren Manzo, appear in “My Big Gay Italian Wedding” for four days, September 1-4.

Dina Manzo, a former star of the TV show, met playwright Anthony Wilkinson years ago on a flight to Los Angeles (not first class). “There was a lot of turbulence, and I started having a panic attack, and she calmed me down,” says the writer.

It was Dina who encouraged Wilkinson to go for a longer run after seeing a one-night performance of his show in Staten Island in 2003.