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guiding light teen's joie de vivre |
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tv guide online (april 27, 1999) |
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She played a sex-starved young clone last spring, and these days she's playing a spoiled cutie who married into the Hispanic mafia. So what does Guiding Light's Joie Lenz (Michelle) do when she wants to be a typical teen? "I went to a Billy Joel concert and got in late last night," she says with a yawn, curling up on a couch in the show's green room. "No one recognized me, which was cool. It was an amazing concert, and I love his music. When he sang We didn't Start the Fire we all screamed and sang along. It was awesome." Besides the lengthy, tongue-twisting lyrics, what else was going through Lenz's mind? "I was thinking how amazing it must be to have an arena full of people singing your words." Yes, Lenz is also a singer-songwriter, and she wants to break into musical theater, too. In fact, she's up for a role in a forthcoming Broadway musical. "It's for a workshop for a show that is set in the '60s." Even if she doesn't get this role, Lenz still dreams of conquering Broadway. "I would love to do Eponine (in Les Miserables) and I'd love to play Belle (in Beauty and the Beast). I also want to do Sally Simpson in Tommy. I don't care if I'm standing in the background, but I totally want to do that show!" Even when she has a day off from the soap, Lenz lets no moss grow under her feet. "I'm working on a demo and putting down tracks this week, actually. I write all my own music. It's like Sheryl Crow's and Joni Mitchell's stuff. I'm totally staying away from the Britney Spears thing—I don't want to be marketed and packaged." — Jonathan Reiner |
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