Valerie Harper to reprise Tallulah Bankhead for Broadway

Read More ]"/> Actress Valerie Harper is set to play Hollywood screen icon Tallulah Bankhead in a Broadway play titled Looped.

The play, which previews on February 19, tells the story of Bankhead, whose fame is enduring. She was an internationally-known actress who was called into a sound studio in 1965 to re-record via “loop” a line of dialogue in her last film, Die, Die My Darling.

“Southern, but by no means a belle, Ms Bankhead was known for her wild partying and convention-defying exploits that outshone even today’s celebrity bad girls. And given her inebriated state – and inability to loop the line perfectly – what ensues is a hilarious showdown between an uptight and conservative sound editor, Danny Miller, and the outrageous legend,” said producers Tony Cacciotti, Chase Mishkin, David Steiner and Leonard Soloway.

Harper made the character of Rhoda unforgettable on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. She launched the role of Tallulah in the world premiere production of Looped at the Pasadena Playhouse.

source: Splash News

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