Ariana Madix Makes "Difficult" Comparison of Starring on Broadway to Filming VPR

Ariana Madix has been keeping herself busy with a variety of projects lately. Over the past few months, she has participated in Dancing with the Stars (a move that led to drama), published a new book, and has been actively working on opening up hera data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/vpr-when-is-something-about-her-opening-and-who-is-penny-dividi" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/vpr-when-is-something-about-her-opening-and-who-is-penny-dividi" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/vpr-when-is-something-about-her-opening-and-who-is-penny-dividi" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Something About Her/a sandwich shop with a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/people/katie-maloney" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/people/katie-maloney" href="https://www.bravotv.com/people/katie-maloney" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Katie Maloney/a./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanIn addition, Ariana has also been hitting the stage in New York City /spanas a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-in-chicago-on-broadway-details-on-opening-night-photos" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-in-chicago-on-broadway-details-on-opening-night-photos" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-in-chicago-on-broadway-details-on-opening-night-photos" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Roxie Hart inemspanspanChicago/span/span/em/aspanon Broadway./spanspanspanThis impressive role has always been her lifelong dream, and she's now revealing what it's like to work on the hit musical/span/span./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanWhen speaking to BravoTV.com exclusively about her latest gig, Ariana shared whether it’s been “more difficult” performing on Broadway in front of theater lovers or filming a season of a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules" href="https://www.bravotv.com/vanderpump-rules" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"emVanderpump Rules/em/a. And her answer might surprise you. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pstrongHere's What You May Have Missed on Bravo:/strong/p p/p pa data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-brother-jeremy-madix-life-update-new-photo" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-brother-jeremy-madix-life-update-new-photo" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-brother-jeremy-madix-life-update-new-photo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"strongWe Just Got a Rare Look at Ariana Madix’s Brother, Jeremy Madix’s, Life Today/strong/a/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/andy-cohen-katie-maloney-tease-vpr-season-11-reunion" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/andy-cohen-katie-maloney-tease-vpr-season-11-reunion" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/andy-cohen-katie-maloney-tease-vpr-season-11-reunion" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Andy Cohen and Katie Maloney Tease Vanderpump Rules Season 11 Reunion: "Intense and Electric"/a/strong/p pstronga data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/where-katie-maloney-stands-with-lala-kent-amid-vpr-season-11" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/where-katie-maloney-stands-with-lala-kent-amid-vpr-season-11" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/where-katie-maloney-stands-with-lala-kent-amid-vpr-season-11" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Katie Maloney Responds to Lala Kent Saying They Had an Off-Camera Falling Out/a/strong/p h2spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanAriana Madix compares Broadway to filmingemVanderpump Rules /em/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/h2 pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan“Oh my gosh, performing on Broadway… is like apples and oranges to filming emVanderpump Rules/em,” Ariana told BravoTV.com while getting ready backstage at the/span/span/spanemspanspanspan a data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/see-vanderpump-rules-season-11-reunion-seating-chart-photo" data-entity-title="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/see-vanderpump-rules-season-11-reunion-seating-chart-photo" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/see-vanderpump-rules-season-11-reunion-seating-chart-photo" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"VPR Season 11 reunion/a./span/span/span/em/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanAriana continued comparing the two, saying, “I feel like emVanderpump/em is like – they’re both difficult in just like completely different ways. I don’t know how to say which one is more difficult.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="32fe6c91-0d77-4228-a7ec-71ffc9aa8ade" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/01/vanderpump-rules-ariana-madix_2.jpg?itok=MEyPHTYc" width="862" height="575" alt="Ariana Madix on stage after her debut as "Roxy Hart" in the hit musical "Chicago"" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Ariana Madix makes her broadway debut as "Roxy Hart" in the hit musical "Chicago" on Broadway at The Ambassador Theatre on January 29, 2024 in New York City. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Bruce Glikas/WireImage /span /div /div /div /div h2spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanAriana Madix is “obsessed” with performing on Broadway /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/h2 pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanAlthough Ariana admitted that it’s tough to put on her Broadway performance nightly, she isn’t ready to give up the act. In fact, the blonde beauty is eager to stay put in the Big Apple. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspan“emChicago/em on Broadway is going amazingly. I love it so much,” she gushed. “Yeah, it’s my favorite thing ever. I’m obsessed with it, and I’m gonna chain myself to the building and never leave.”/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p div data-embed-button="related_content" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:node.embed" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="cb4bb888-f7de-40b2-8dac-6d70ae1cf305" data-langcode="en" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" class="embedded-entity"h2 class="headline" a class="embed-in-feed" href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madix-in-chicago-on-broadway-photos-dates-details" Go Inside Ariana Madix's Emotional Journey to Chicago on Broadway with These Glorious Photos /a /h2 /div h2spanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanIs Ariana Madix starring inemChicago/em on Broadway?/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/h2 pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanBefore our chat with Ariana, we recently received a glimpse of Ariana on stage in emChicago/em as she put on a worldly performance as the famed Roxie Hart. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="2b6305a3-017f-4774-97c3-ab99893f7650" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/01/vanderpump-rules-ariana-madix-02.jpg?itok=w9fD4kEJ" width="862" height="484" alt="A series of Ariana Madix as Roxy Hart for the Chicago Broadway musical." typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" A series of instagram stories showing Ariana Madix's opening night as "Roxy Hart" in the hit musical "Chicago" on Broadway at The Ambassador Theatre in New York City. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Lala Kent/Instagram; Scheana Shay/Instagram /span /div /div /div /div div data-embed-button="media" data-entity-embed-display="view_mode:media.embed" data-entity-embed-display-settings="[]" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="03147539-fa5c-48e6-acc8-f196ea5bc501" data-langcode="en" class="embedded-entity"div class="media__image" style="max-width:862px" div class="media__image-wrapper" div div img loading="lazy" decoding="async" fetchpriority="low" src="https://www.bravotv.com/sites/bravo/files/styles/scale_862/public/2024/01/vanderpump-rules-ariana-madix-scheana-shay-lala-kent.jpg?itok=0y8o2z3o" width="862" height="575" alt="Lala Kent, Ariana Madix and Scheana Shay pose backstage as Ariana makes her broadway debut as "Roxy Hart"" typeof="foaf:Image" /div /div /div div class="media__metadata" div class="media__metadata-wrapper" span class="media__caption" Lala Kent, Ariana Madix and Scheana Shay pose backstage as Ariana makes her broadway debut as "Roxy Hart" in the hit musical "Chicago" on Broadway at The Ambassador Theatre on January 29, 2024 in New York City. /span span class="media__credit"Photo: Glikas/WireImage /span /div /div /div /div pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanAriana began her role in the musical back on January 29. The Broadway play has received so much love and raving reviews that it was /span/span/spana href="https://www.broadwaynews.com/ariana-madix-extends-run-in-broadways-chicago/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"revealed/a spanspanspanthat Ariana’s run in the show got extended through April 7./span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p pspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanspanOn the opening night of the show, Ariana was supported by some of her loved ones and friends who made sure to snag a ticket and playbill. /span/span/spana href="https://www.bravotv.com/people/lala-kent" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Lala Kent/aspanand/spana data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/node/925151" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-title="Scheana Shay" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5e5a1df9-054d-45ed-bf42-94b20649e78f" href="https://www.bravotv.com/people/scheana-marie" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Scheana Shay"Scheana Shay/a stopped by the theater to see their friend in action. Other attendees included Ariana’s boyfriend, a href="https://www.bravotv.com/the-daily-dish/ariana-madixs-boyfriend-daniel-vanderpump-rules-debut-where-he-lives" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"Daniel Wai/aspanspan,/span and emspanVanderpump Rules/span/emalum,/spana data-entity-href="https://www.bravotv.com/node/1156093" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-title="Dayna Kathan" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="55c82882-d9c9-428d-9f98-17a5e9ff98e5" href="https://www.bravotv.com/people/dayna-kathan" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener" title="Dayna Kathan"Dayna Kathan/a. /span/span/span/span/span/span/span/p