Fran Fine is heading to Broadway!
Fran Drescher, the creator and star ofThe Nanny,is adapting her popular show for a Broadway musical alongside her co-creator and ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson, PEOPLE confirms.
“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 added, “Of course I would do it myself. But we’d have to change the title toThe Granny.”
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Bloom said, “The Nannywas a fundamental part of my childhood because it was the first time I saw an openly Jewish female protagonist on television. The story of Fran Fine, however, is a universal one that has touched the hearts of people of every race, religion and orientation.”
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The Nannyaired for six seasons from 1993 to 1999. The show catapulted Drescher into wider recognition, earning her two Emmy Award nominations and two Golden Globe nominations during the show’s run.
In April 2019, Drescher said she was collaborating with her ex-husband Jacobson and Bloom on “something that I thinkThe Nannyfans are going to be very excited about. SomethingNannyrelated.”
“I’m totally down with doing it,” she said at the time. “I don’t know what is going on with some of these networks out there because they do not seem to be hip to the fact that there’s an obsession amongst millennials for the show and moi!”
Still, that didn’t stop the actress from revealing her dream cast member for the show’s unofficial revival.
“I wanna do a sitcom withCardi B,” Drescher said. “Wouldn’t she be great as my daughter?”
source: people.com
