Sirena Irwin stars as Lucy and Bill Mendieta plays Ricky Ricardo in "I Love Lucy Live on Stage" | Photo by Ed Krieger
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Sirena Irwin says playing Lucy in "I Love Lucy Live on Stage" is "still hugely intimidating to me." | Photo by Ed Krieger
RIcky Ricardo (Bill Mendieta) at the Tropicana in a scene from "I Love Lucy Live on Stage." | Photo by Hyra George
No doubt many still remember watching the original 181 black-and-white episodes of “I Love Lucy” that were broadcast in the ’50s on CBS-TV via television sets equipped with rabbit-ear antennas. Most of us discovered the shows somewhat later, either in reruns, DVD box sets or …
