Editing Debbie Reynolds (section)

=== Stage work ===
[[File:Debbie Reynolds - self 1975.jpg|thumb|upright=.75|Reynolds prior to performing a show in Las Vegas in 1975]]
With limited film and television opportunities coming her way, Reynolds accepted an opportunity to make her Broadway debut.<ref name=":2" /> She starred in the 1973 revival of ''Irene'', a musical first produced 60 years before.<ref name=":2">{{Cite magazine |url=http://people.com/archive/unsinkable-debbie-reynolds-at-42-she-salvages-her-career-vol-2-no-22/ |title=Unsinkable Debbie Reynolds: at 42, She Salvages Her Career |date=November 25, 1974|magazine=People |access-date=December 29, 2016}}</ref> When asked why she waited so long to appear in a Broadway play, she explained:

{{blockquote|Primarily because I had two children growing up, I could make movies and recordings and plays in nearby Las Vegas and handle a television series without being away from them. Now, they are well on the way to being adults. Also, there was the matter of being offered a show that I felt might be right for me&nbsp;... I felt that ''Irene'' was it and now was the time.<ref name=Irene>{{Cite news|title=After half a century, ''Irene'' revisits ol' Broadway |newspaper=The Times Standard |location=Eureka, California |date=March 11, 1973 |page=14}}</ref>}}

Reynolds and her daughter Carrie both made their Broadway debuts in the play.<ref name=Irene/> Per reports, the production broke records for the highest weekly gross of any musical.<ref name=":2" /> For that production, she received a Tony nomination. Reynolds also starred in the Broadway revue ''Debbie'' in 1976.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theatermania.com/broadway/news/debbie-reynolds-obituary_79533.html|title=Actress Debbie Reynolds Has Died at 84|date=December 28, 2016|publisher=TheaterMania|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref> She toured with [[Harve Presnell]] in ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'',<ref name="presnell">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-05-08-ca-2445-story.html|title=Stage Review : 'Molly Brown' Is Unsinkable 25 Years After the Movie|last=Loynd|first=Ray|date=May 8, 1989|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref> then wrapped up the Broadway run of ''[[Woman of the Year]]'' in 1983,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1983/02/28/theater/stage-debbie-reynolds-in-woman-of-the-year.html|title=Stage: Debbie Reynolds In 'Woman of the Year'| last= Gussow| first= Mel| date= February 28, 1983|work=The New York Times|access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Woman of the Year – Broadway Musical – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/woman-of-the-year-4104#Replacements |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=ibdb.com}}</ref> while Fisher was appearing in ''[[Agnes of God]]''.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Haun |first=Harry |date=April 1, 2020 |title=From the Archives: When Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher Simultaneously Starred on Broadway |work=[[Playbill]] |url=https://playbill.com/article/when-debbie-reynolds-and-carrie-fisher-simultaneously-starred-on-broadway |access-date=August 23, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Agnes of God – Broadway Play – Original {{!}} IBDB |url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/agnes-of-god-4166#Replacements |access-date=August 24, 2023 |website=ibdb.com}}</ref> In the late 1980s, Reynolds repeated her role as Molly Brown in the stage version of ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'', first opposite Presnell (repeating his original Broadway and movie role)<ref name="presnell" /> and later with [[Ron Raines]].<ref>{{cite news| url=http://newsok.com/article/2337853|title=OCU Hall of Fame Names Linda Twine, Ron Raines|date=November 14, 1990|work=The Oklahoman |access-date=December 28, 2016}}</ref>

* ''[[Best Foot Forward (musical)|Best Foot Forward]]'' (1953) ([[Dallas]] State Fair)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Wx0SKzUuZ78C&q=debbie+reynolds+best+foot+forward+stage&pg=PT470|title=The Bennetts: An Acting Family|last=Kellow|first=Brian|date=November 26, 2004|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=0813138183}}</ref>
* ''[[Irene (musical)|Irene]]'' (1973) (Broadway and US national tour)<ref name="broadway">[http://www.broadway.com/buzz/187178/hollywood-broadway-star-debbie-reynolds-dead-at-84-one-day-after-daughter-carrie-fisher/ "Hollywood & Broadway Star Debbie Reynolds Dead at 84, One Day After Daughter Carrie Fisher"], Broadway.com, December 28, 2016</ref>
* ''Debbie'' (1976) (Broadway)<ref name="broadway" />
* ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'' (1977) (San Francisco and Los Angeles)
* ''[[Woman of the Year (musical)|Woman of the Year]]'' (1982) (Broadway) (replacement for [[Lauren Bacall]])<ref name=broadway/>
* ''[[The Unsinkable Molly Brown (musical)|The Unsinkable Molly Brown]]'' (1989) (US national tour)
* ''[[Irene (musical)|Irene]]'' (2008) Perth Western Australia

In 2010, she appeared in her own [[West End theatre|West End]] show ''Debbie Reynolds: Alive and Fabulous''.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://london.broadway.com/buzz/139609/debbie-reynolds-returns-to-west-end-in-alive-and-fabulous/|title=Debbie Reynolds Returns to West End in Alive and Fabulous|publisher=broadway.com|access-date=August 27, 2015}}</ref>