Lily Rabe, Debbie Allen, Jennifer Morrison on Board for TV Pilots
A slew of stage veterans are on board for upcoming televiosion pilots including: Jennifer Morrison, Debbie Allen, and Lily Rabe.
Morrison will star in ABC's 'Once Upon a Time' drama about a small town girl who discovers the magic of fairy tales. Allen will have a recurring role on ABC's 'Grace' as a mother of a famous choreographer's daughter. Rabe will star in FOX's 'Exit Stategy' about a team of CIA experts.
Morrison starred in the Broadway revival of The Miracle Worker. In addition to her television work on House, she has also appeared in CBS's How I Met Your Mother as recurring character Zoey Pierson, a mischievous architecture nerd and love interest of main character Ted Mosby.
Allen starred as Anita in the 1980 Broadway revival of West Side Story which earned her a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award. She would receive a second Tony Award nomination in 1986 for her performance in the title role of Bob Fosse's Sweet Charity. In 2008 she directed the all-African-American Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
Rabe's Broadway credits include a revival of Steel Magnolias. In the fall of 2005, she appeared in MCC's production of Colder Than Here. Most recently Rabe played Portia in William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice
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