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The Nanny is being re-imagined for Broadway!

The popular ’90s sitcom, fronted by Fran Drescher, is being developed into a Broadway musical, with Fran and series co-creator Peter Marc Jacobson writing the book and Crazy Ex-Girlfriend star Rachel Bloom and Adam Schlesinger writing the music.

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“We are SO excited to be working on the Broadway musical The Nanny. We’re equally excited that the wildly talented Rachel Bloom will be writing the lyrics and music with the fantastic Adam Schlesinger, and to have the brilliant Marc Bruni directing. 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, said Fran and Peter in a statement.

“Of course I would do it myself but we’d have to change the title to The Granny,” Fran added.

“The Nanny was 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. 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,” said Rachel.

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Milo Ventimiglia keeps it cool and casual as he hits the red carpet at NBC & Vanity Fair’s Celebration of the Season held at The Henry on Monday evening (November 11) in Los Angeles.

The 42-year-old actor was joined at the event by his This is Us co-stars Chrissy Metz, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Sullivan and Timothy Omundson, as well as Manifest‘s Josh Dallas and his wife Ginnifer Goodwin, Good Girls stars Retta, Christina Hendricks and Matthew Lillard, and Good Place‘s D’Arcy Carden, Manny Jacinto and his fiance Dianne Doan.

Also in attendance to represent their shows were America’s Got Talent‘s Julianne Hough and Terry Crews, Superstore‘s Ben Feldman, Nico Santos, Lauren Ash, Nichole Bloom, Kaliko Kauahi and Colton Dunn, Chicago P.D. star Jesse Lee Soffer, Chicago Med‘s Torrey DeVitto, Chicago Fire‘s Miranda Rae Mayo, Russian Doll‘s Charlie Barnett, Bluff City Law‘s Barry Sloane and Josh Kelly, and Indebted stars Fran Drescher, Abby Elliott, Adam Pally and Jessy Hodges.

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FYI: Julianne is wearing an Alex Perry dress. Susan is wearing Elisabetta Franchi. Torrey is wearing Elisabetta Franchi. Lauren is wearing a Faviana dress. Charlie is wearing a Hilton Turner suit.

America Ferrera and Anna Camp strike a pose on the red carpet for NBC’s Comedy Starts Here Party held at NeueHouse Hollywood on Monday (September 16) in Los Angeles.

The ladies were joined at the event by Will & Grace star Eric McCormack, Indebted‘s Fran Drescher, Adam Pally and Abby Elliott, Good Girls‘ Retta, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Stephanie Beatriz, America’s Got Talent host Terry Crews, and This Is Us stars Chris Sullivan and Michael Angarano.

Also in attendance in support of their shows were The Good Place‘s D’Arcy Carden and Manny Jacinto, America‘s Superstore co-stars Ben Feldman, Nichole Bloom, Mark McKinney, Colton Dunn, Nico Santos and Lauren Ash, Anna‘s Perfect Harmony cast Bradley Whitford, Will Greenberg, Geno Segers and Rizwan Manji, as well as Sunnyside stars Kal Penn, Joel Kim Booster, Diana-Maria Riva and Moses Storm.

FYI: America Ferrera is wearing a Saloni dress. Anna is wearing a Rebecca Vallance dress. Stephanie is wearing a Tadashi Shoji blazer and trousers.

Fran Drescher, Erin Foster, Sophia Bush, Kitty Cash, Busy Philipps and Charli XCX all got together for a photograph while attending Edie Parker Flower’s The Garden of Edie Party held at Eric Buterbaugh Perfumery on Tuesday (July 30) in West Hollywood.

The ladies were also joined at the event by Baby2Baby co-founder Kelly Sawyer, Joy Bryant and stylist Jamie Mizrahi as they stepped out in support of designer Brett Heyman, founder of luxury cannabis brand Edie Parker Flower and premium accessories brand Edie Parker.

“Some of them are old friends,” said Heyman after posing for photographs with the women (via WWD). “Sophia [Bush] is an old friend, and Erin [Foster] is an old friend. Fran we invited, because she’s a very vocal cannabis advocate — same with Busy [Philipps].”

“We were expanding our home line, thinking about entertaining at home and hostess gifts — the use of cannabis is often part of my entertaining at home — thinking about what was available for women who are unblushingly feminine and love beautiful things and had the craftsmanship that our accessories have, and that’s how the idea started,” continued Heyman. “It has the same ethos as our accessories brand, which is for a good time — beautiful pieces that make you happy. And then, we wanted to make a really high-quality flower to go with it.”

FYI: Busy is wearing a Silvia Tcherassi dress.

Julianne Hough strikes a pose on the carpet as she arrives at Entertainment Weekly & People’s Upfronts Party on Monday night (May 13) in New York City.

The 30-year-old America’s Got Talent judge was joined at the event by Manifest‘s Josh Dallas and Melissa Roxburgh, New Amsterdam‘s Ryan Eggold, Janet Montgomery, Margot Bingham, Freema Agyeman and Jocko Sims, Good Girls‘ Retta, SNL‘s Kenan Thompson, Taran Killam of Single Parents, Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist‘s Skylar Astin and Jane Levy, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Melissa Fumero, Terry Crews and Stephanie Beatriz.

Also in attendance to represent their shows were Indebted‘s Fran Drescher, Adam Pally, Jessy Hodges and Abby Elliott, Snowpiercer‘s Alison Wright, Lincoln‘s Michael Imperioli, Arielle Kebbel and Russell Hornsby, Watchmen‘s Adelaide Clemens, The Good Fight‘s Mike Colter, Four Weddings and a Funeral‘s Rebecca Rittenhouse and Sophia La Porta, Amir Arison of The Blacklist, Chicago Med‘s Yaya DaCosta, Tom Payne of Prodigal Son, Katy Keene‘s Jonny Beauchamp, Aly & AJ Michalka, Station 19‘s Jaina Lee Ortiz, Danielle Savre and Barrett Doss, A Million Little Things‘ Allison Miller, Stephanie Szostak, James Roday and Christina Moses, Donald Faison of Emergence, Roselyn Sanchez of Grand Hotel, Nancy Drew‘s Kennedy McMann, Nicole Kang of Batwoman, Violett Beane of God Friended Me, and Ester Dean.

FYI: Kennedy is wearing a Markarian dress. Julianne is wearing a Vatanika top and dress. Stephanie is wearing Les Petits Jouerus shoes.

Jane Levy and Skylar Astin pose together while attending the NBC Upfronts press junket on Monday (May 13) in New York City.

The two actors will be starring in the new musical series Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and they were joined by co-star Mary Steenburgen, who posed with husband Ted Danson from NBC’s The Good Place.

Anna Camp was joined by Bradley Whitford to present their new comedy show Perfect Harmony.

Also promoting their new shows were Indebted‘s Fran Drescher, Adam Pally, Abby Elliott, and Steven Weber, Bluff City Law‘s Jimmy Smits and Caitlin McGee, and Lincoln‘s Arielle Kebbel and Michael Imperioli.

Paul Blackthorne, Harriet Dyer, and Justin Cornwell were there for their new show The InBetween, which premieres this month.

Make sure to check out NBC’s fall schedule to see when the shows will air!

FYI: Arielle is wearing a Donatella Raggio suit.

Fran Drescher is providing update on what’s next for The Nanny.

The 61-year-old actress stopped by SirusXM’s The Michael Yo Show to chat about the long-rumored reboot of her hit ’90s sitcom.

For the past few months, she has been campaigning for Cardi B to star in the reboot with Fran playing her monther. Unfortunately, Fran revealed that those plans have met a dead end.

“Truth be told, I’m not developing that as a television series right now,” Fran revealed. “I’ve talked to her representation…In my head, I always thought that for a television series it might be more fun rather than where are we 20 years later, to actually do the show with a whole new cast and get like a Cardi B to play the Nanny and get like an Obama type to play Mr. Sheffield. Maybe I could be Cardi B’s mother Sylvia, and just mix it up!”

Fran added: “I actually think she’s funny. I think she’s beautiful and she has a funny voice. She’s from New York. She’s got the style of a star and you can’t buy that. There are just some people like JLo and Cher and Diana Ross. It’s just a given. She and I on social media, on Instagram and stuff, she’s often putting us together. My picture, her picture. She’s very influenced by the style of myself and the nanny from back in the day and it’s very flattering to me.”

Despite the reboot not happening, Fran teased that she and her gay ex-husband Peter Marc Jacobson and long time collaborator are working on “something that I think The Nanny fans are going to be very excited about. Something Nanny related.”

The Nanny premiered on CBS in 1993 and ran for six seasons before its finale in 1999.