Fran Drescher; Photo courtesy of Showtime The fine whine of Fran Fine is heading for the Great White Way: The hit 1990s sitcom “The Nanny” is being developed as a Broadway musical by series creator and star Fran Drescher and co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s” Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger will write the music and Bloom will pen the lyrics.
“Nobody is cast yet – we’re plotting – but we feel confident we will find a fabulous actress who is funny, charming and has a great voice,” Drescher and Jacobson said in a statement. “Of course I would do it myself, but we’d have to change the title to ‘The Granny.”
“‘The Nanny’ was a fundamental part of my childhood because it was the first time I saw an openly Jewish female protagonist on television,” said Bloom. “The story of Fran Fine, however, is a universal one that has touched the hearts of people of every race, religion and orientation. I am so proud to be using the characters established by ‘The Nanny’ to tell a new story about one woman’s journey to becoming proud of who she is and what makes her different.”
Drescher, meanwhile, returns to TV next month in the NBC sitcom “Indebted,” about parents (Drescher and Steven Weber) who move in with their son’s family because they’re broke. It premieres Feb. 6.
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