
Television star Fran Drescher, best known for her role on
The Nanny, will be making her Broadway debut next year when she takes on the role of Cinderella's stepmother in
Rodgers & Hammerstein's Cinderella on Broadway.
Fran Drescher will begin her stint in
Cinderella on February 4, 2014 and is scheduled to stay with the show for ten weeks until April 13. Drescher will be replacing Broadway regular Harriet Harris, who has been playing the part of the stepmother since
Cinderella opened earlier this year.
In addition to her work on
The Nanny, which earned her two Emmys, Drescher was most recently on the sitcom
Happily Divorced. She also has plenty of stage experience, having performed Off-Broadway in plays such as
The Exonerated and
Some Girl(s).