RIALTO CHATTER: Belushi, Arianda to Star in BORN YESTERDAY Revival?

According to the NY Times, both Jim Belushi and Nina Arianda are currently in talks to star in the spring 2011 Broadway revival of Garson Kanin's BORN YESTERDAY.  

Arianda, who recently starred in Off Broadway's VENUS IN FUR, would play Billie Dawn, the part made famous by Billie Holiday in the original Broadway production from 1946 and the 1950 film. Comedian Jim Belushi, would play Brock. Tony award winner Doug Hughes is set to direct the production.

In Born Yesterday, an uncouth, corrupt tycoon, Harry Brock, brings his showgirl Mistress Billie Dawn with him to Washington, D.C. When Billie's ignorance becomes a liability to Brock's business dealings, he hires a journalist, Paul Verrall, to educate his girlfriend. In the process of learning, Billie Dawn realizes how corrupt her boyfriend is and begins interfering with his plans to bribe a Congressman into passing legislation that would allow Brock's business to make more money.

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