Kirstie Alley in Talks to Lead THE FABULOUS LIES OF HOLLYWOOD WHORES Play - Aiming for Broadway in 2012

According to the NY Times, Kirstie Alley is currently in negotiations to star in THE FABULOUS LIES OF HOLLYWOOD WHORES, a new play that is aimimg for a Broadway run in 2012. Broadway veteran and music star Lance Bass serves as a producer for the show, along with Jamie Kennedy, Beverley Mitchell and Matt Seifnia.

Auditions for the play, which was written by Ben Deagle, will be held in Novemer, and rehearsals are sheduled to begin in February 2012. Additional casting and possible Broadway venues have not yet been announced.

As featured in the audition notice, the show is 'set in the most exclusive department store in Los Angeles, this is an ambitious new comedy that revolves around the eight main characters dealing with the complexity of juggling double lives. Put away those Othello monologues; this is cold, hard, broad comedy ... farce, requiring brilliantly talented physical comedians. The show is dirty, the show moves fast, but there is a deep and intoxicating heart that pulses throughout. Love ain't cheap, but it sure is wonderful.'

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Alley's work in television has earned her seven Golden Globe and eight Emmy nominations, winning one Golden Globe, two Emmys and three People's Choice Awards. She co-wrote and starred in Showtime's critically acclaimed comedy "Fat Actress," and played the title character, as well as serving as executive producer, on the NBC sitcom "Veronica's Closet." In 1994 Kirstie showcased her dramatic range starring in the CBS TV movie "David's Mother," for which she won her second Emmy. In 1987 she joined the cast of the long-running hit NBC sitcom, "Cheers," as the neurotic Rebecca Howe.

She Kirstie received critical accolades and won both an Emmy for Lead Actress in a Comedy Series and Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actress in a Comedy Series in 1991. She made her movie debut in 1982 in "Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan," in which she played beautiful Vulcan officer Lieutenant Saavik.