Ariana Madix ‘shows off’ Broadway comeback, shares birthday hopes

before Ariana Madix turns 40, she’s giving us a peek at what she’ll be wishing for on her special day.

“I would love to go back to Broadway. I’d love to – I’m turning 40 next year in 2025 – so I’d love to experience that feeling. I’m manifesting this right now,” Maddix, 39, exclusively said Us Weekly at TheWrap’s Power Women Summit at The Maybourne Beverly Hills on Tuesday, December 3. “(I want to) feel that feeling that so many women talk about when they turn 40 or in their late 30s, 40s — that they feel like (they’re) so themselves and so comfortable with themselves.”

She added: “I’m looking forward to feeling that. I don’t know if I’ve felt it yet, so now I’m manifesting it for myself.

The Vanderpump Rules star made his Broadway debut earlier this year, taking on the role of Roxie Hart for a limited run between January and March. She returned to the show in August for another round of shows. (In an Instagram post her 100th performance, Maddix said she’s “counting (her) blessings” and considers herself lucky to have landed the iconic theater role.)

Since closing her stay ChicagoMaddix was preparing for her big birthday in June.

“I feel great,” gushed the Something About Her entrepreneur. us. “I feel like I’ve been kicking around in this industry for 15, 20 years and I finally feel like I’ve come into myself and what I really love and believe in. I have the most amazing team of people around me, and so it feels good to feel like I’m somewhat in control of my own destiny at this point.

One of the people in Maddix’s corner is her boyfriend Daniel Water. The couple started dating in 2023. after her breakup with Pump rules actor Tom Sandoval after his cheating scandal.

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“I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone who feels about me the way Daniel does,” Maddix gushed Tuesday. “He thinks I’m the most beautiful person in the world, the funniest person in the world (and) the smartest.”

She added: “He’s constantly telling me how smart I am and how much he believes in me, and I just feel like with a partner like that, everything feels so easy. I never feel stressed. I never worry and he always puts me at ease and makes me feel really good.”

However, Maddix said she “(doesn’t) know” if there are wedding bells in the couple’s future.

With reporting by Mariel Turner