At 78 Susan Lucci is never afraid to try a new look, and she showed off a bold new appearance this week as she shared a behind-the-scenes snap from her off-Broadway play.
"Getting ready for my final My First Ex-Husband performance!!! Love this show!!!" she captioned the post on Instagram that showed her hair in rollers and a bright blue and purple eye-shadow swept across her eyelids.
The make-up accentuated her eyes, and was paired with a pink lipstick.
My First Ex-Husband is "a bold and heartfelt adaptation of true stories by the legendary Joy Behar, comedienne and co-host of The View".
Susan was on the show for four weeks across February and March; the production uses a rotating cast of stars who bring "their unique personalities to tell these tales that may be eerily familiar".
Susan found fame in All My Children and her move to the stage saw her make a memorable return to morning TV when she made an appearance on Good Morning America – and gave the panel a lesson in soap opera acting.
© ABC"Last time you were here, you put those chops to the test. You taught me the good old fake TV slap," Michael Strahan told Susan. "So how do you take a good soap opera fight to the next level?"
"I think it's really important to not just out of nowhere, just all of a sudden, have a fight. You have to be in that moment where you are really, really ticked off," Susan shared.
Watch what happened next in the video below:
The pair proceeded to have a pretend fight, throwing out lines such as, "I've done nothing wrong!" and "Do not interrupt me!" in the studio, before Susan threw a glass of water on the father of four.
"It's fun, it's comedy, it's hilarious," Susan said of My First Ex-Husband. "I love doing comedy; [the audience is] right there, and I think they're going to enjoy My First Ex-Husband."
"Performing live comes with its own set of excitement and involvement. The audience gets engaged and it's terrific," Susan previously told People.
"I think especially when you — well, anytime, but especially with comedy — anytime the audience gets engaged, it's really nice. You're in this together. The audience is there to laugh and you're there to find the laughs. It's very fun to get the response from the audience."
© Getty ImagesSusan found fame in the 1980s on the daytime soap All My Children as Erika Kane; she famously was nominated for 18 Daytime Emmy Awards before she won in 1999.
She was married to Helmut Huber for 43 years; he passed away in 2022.
