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Fran Drescheris gearing up forThe Nannyto make its Broadway debut.
While celebrating the launch of her newN is for Nannybook, Drescher, 64, opened up to PEOPLE about her new musical and where they’re at in the development process.
“The Nannythe musical is moving forward at a really good pace,” she says. “Rachel Bloomis doing the lyrics.Peter [Marc Jacobson]and I are doing the book. We’re having our first official read at the end of July.”
“I can’t imagine it opening before at least two years, but it’s very exciting,” she adds.
Fran Drescher on The Nanny.CBS Photo Archive/Getty Images
In January 2020, Drescher confirmed to PEOPLE that aBroadway productionwas in the works with the help of Jacobson, her creative partner and ex-husband.
Marc Bruni, who producedBeautiful: The Carole King Musical,would be directing the musical, whileAdam Schlesinger— who tragically died of COVID complications later that year — was set to write the music beside Bloom, the creator ofCrazy Ex-Girlfriend.
“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 said at the time. “Of course I would do it myself. But we’d have to change the title toThe Granny.”
Speaking to PEOPLE at her book event, Drescher notes that having Bloom on the project has been a refreshing experience.
“We were thrilled that Rachel wanted to do it because she grew up watching the show,” she explains. “She gets the humor. She’s really smart, she’s Jewish, and she’s the right age to bring in a kinda contemporary edge to it, and now she’s sharing the series on HBO Max with her daughter.”
Besides her Broadway musical, Drescher has also been focused on the launch of new illustration book.
“I never thought that Sony would go for it. Rebecca Kelly is so committed to Cancer Schmancer and such a big fan of the show that she wasn’t gonna take no for an answer,” Drescher shares. “Sony was extremely accommodating. They were more than happy to allow us to use the show to support Cancer Schmancer.”
The new book is also perfect for fans ofThe Nanny, who are hoping to add to their collection of memorabilia, according to Drescher
“It’s a perfect combination of my two passions, and I feel very blessed that it all worked out,” she says. “It came out so beautiful, and I hope everybody buys it.”
N is for Nannyis available for purchase onthenannybook.comandcancerschmancer.org.
source: people.com
