Fran Drescher News

Bette Midler & Sarah Silverman Join SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit

by Chloe Rabinowitz — April 10, 2020

Bette Midler and Sarah Silverman have joined the 'Saturday Night Seder,' a virtual Passover Seder streaming on www.

Idina Menzel, Ben Platt, Josh Groban and Many More Join SATURDAY NIGHT SEDER Benefit

by A.A. Cristi — April 7, 2020

Saturday Night Seder — a Passover Seder on Saturday, April 11 (the fourth night of Passover) — will be different from all other nights, as a panoply of performers, musicians, and religious scholars come together (digitally, from their own homes) to celebrate through music and comedy, the origina

VIDEO: The Cast of THE NANNY Reunites for Virtual Table Read of Pilot

by Kaitlin Milligan — April 6, 2020

The original cast of The Nanny, starring Fran Drescher, reunited on Monday, April 6, for a virtual table read of the show's first episode!

Social: Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and More Pay Tribute to Adam Schlesinger

by A.A. Cristi — April 1, 2020

The entertainment community is bereft at the loss of Emmy and Grammy winner and Oscar nominee Adam Schlesinger, who passed away today from coronavirus-related complications.

THE NANNY Cast to Reunite for Virtual Table Read

by Kaitlin Milligan — March 31, 2020

Variety has learned that the original cast of The Nanny is reuniting for a virtual table read of the pilot via Zoom! The table read will be posted on the Sony Pictures YouTube page the morning of Monday, April 6, according to Variety.

Café Carlyle Cancels the Remainder of its Spring Season

by Stephi Wild — March 26, 2020

In light of the global COVID-19 outbreak, all performances for the remainder of the spring season have been canceled.

VIDEO: Watch a Look Into the Making of INDEBTED on NBC

by Sarah Leiber — March 6, 2020

Indebted creator Dan Levy and castmates Fran Drescher, Abby Elliott, Adam Pally, Steven Weber, Jessy Hodges and more talk about their commute and giant water bottles as they take you behind the scenes of NBC's Indebted.

Photographer Robert Lundberg Launches New Podcast, Episode One Out Now!

by Abigail Charpentier — February 10, 2020

Today photographer Robert Lundberg launches his new series, Uncontaminated Sound: The Interviews, via Pure Grain Audio.

Photo Flash: See Fran Drescher, Alex Newell and More in Photos from NBC's Mid-Season Press Junket

by Sarah Jae Leiber — January 24, 2020

NBCUniversal hosted a press junket at the Four Seasons Midtown Hotel in New York City on Thursday, Jan.

BWW Readers Name The TV Shows That Should Get Stage Adaptations!

by Linnae Medeiros — January 13, 2020

We asked, and you answered! The classic television show The Nanny is being developed as a musical with the help of Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson, and Rachel Bloom.

Fran Drescher Will Make Her Café Carlyle Debut This Summer

by Stephi Wild — January 13, 2020

Acclaimed actress, comedian, writer and activist Fran Drescher makes her Café Carlyle debut, June 16 a?" 20.

BWW Interview: Renée Taylor on MY LIFE ON A DIET, THE NANNY and Her Long Career as a Funny Lady of the Stage and Screen

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 10, 2020

Renée Taylor is an Emmy Award winner, Oscar nominee, actress, screenwriter, playwright and comedy legend known for Lovers and Other Strangers, Made for Each Other, and of course, The Nanny, to name only a few of the projects that make up her long and impressive career.

Wake Up With BWW 1/9: THE NANNY is Headed to the Stage, and More!

by Stephi Wild — January 9, 2020

Today's top stories: The Nanny will be developed as a musical, and more!

THE NANNY: A NEW MUSICAL is in Development with Fran Drescher, Peter Marc Jacobson, and Rachel Bloom at the Helm

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 8, 2020

The Nanny is being developed into a Broadway musical, producers Brian Zeilinger and Scott Zeilinger announced today, to be based on the iconic Sony Pictures television series created by Peter Marc Jacobson and Fran Drescher.

Robert Cuccioli, Bryce Pinkham and Jim Brochu Will Star In Industry Reading Of THE GOD BOX

by Stephi Wild — December 28, 2019

Richard and Susan Bloch will present an invitation only industry presentation of the new play THE GOD BOX by Drama Desk winner, Jim Brochu.

Emmy Award-Winning Renée Taylor is Bringing MY LIFE ON A DIET to George Street Playhouse

by Chloe Rabinowitz — November 12, 2019

Emmy Award-winning actress and writer Renée Taylor a?" known to millions as Fran Fine's food obsessed mother, Sylvia, on a?oeThe Nannya?? a?" will bring her comedy smash MY LIFE ON A DIET to George Street Playhouse beginning next Tuesday, November 19th.