Lucille Ball, that icon of comedy, didn’t think she was funny. “I don’t think funny,” she says. “If you write something down on a piece of paper I can do it. Otherwise forget it.”
As Suzanne LaRusch utters these words in An Evening with Lucille Ball: Thank You for Asking (now playing at the Straz Center), she is so spot-on as Lucy it’s uncanny. In appearance, voice and mannerisms LaRusch (pictured) seems to be channeling our beloved redhead. So much so, I had to keep reminding myself it wasn’t actually her.
This article appears in Jan 6-12, 2010.