Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe, and Joe Keery will also star in “Other Desert Cities.”

Julia Louis-Dreyfus, an 11-time Emmy winner, to make Broadway debut in revival of Tony-winning production

Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe, and Joe Keery will also star in "Other Desert Cities."

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- Julia Louis-Dreyfus is debuting on Broadway this fall.

- The 11-time Emmy winner will appear in *Other Desert Cities*.

- Her costars will include Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe, and Joe Keery.

After becoming the winningest actor in Emmy history, *Seinfeld* and *Veep* star Julia Louis-Dreyfus is finally setting her sights on a second element of the prestigious EGOT accomplishment.

Louis-Drefyus is set to make her Broadway debut this fall in a revival of Jon Robin Baitz's *Other Desert Cities*. Joining the 11-time Emmy champion on the stage will be Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe, and Joe Keery, with this also marking the first Broadway performance for the *Stranger Things* star.

"Every family has a secret," teased the Instagram video announcing the cast. "Not every family survives it."

Ed Harris, Allison Janney, and Joe Keery.

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Directed by Tony-winning actor John Benjamin Hickey (*The Normal Heart*), the production will begin previews at Broadway's Hudson Theatre on Sept. 29, ahead of the Oct. 18 opening night. The limited run will go through Jan. 17, 2027.

Here's the official synopsis: “On Christmas Eve, the sunlit Palm Springs home of a politically connected family becomes a battleground of memory, loyalty, and legacy when a daughter returns with a memoir and the power to expose the explosive truth they’ve kept hidden. As the past comes into focus, the question isn’t just what happened, but who owns a family’s story, and what is the cost to tell it.”

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Written by Baitz, *Other Desert Cities* originally premiered on Broadway in 2011, starring Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Thomas Sadoski, Rachel Griffiths, and Judith Light. The play was nominated for five Tonys, including a win by Light for Best Featured Actress.

"With this company of actors, a playwright dreams about, I thought that if there were still something alive in it, they would find it," Baitz said in a statement. "What’s slightly unnerving is that nearly 20 years later, through all the fractures and divisions, the questions remain the same: how to live with who we are and what we’ve done and call that a life.”

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