Julie Taymor’s upcoming Gloria Steinem biopic has just added Tony Award-winning Hello, Dolly! star Bette Midler to its cast.
Midler, known for her roles in The First Wives Club, Beaches, and The Rose, will play activist, lawyer, and politician Bella Abzug, according to Deadline.com.
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Julianne Moore will star as Steinem in the film that has a script by Tony-winning Lion King director Taymor and Tony-nominated playwright Sarah Ruhl (In the Next Room, Eurydice). Steinem herself is on board as executive producer on the film that will begin shooting in Savannah, Georgia, in early 2019.
Check out photos from the new Off-Broadway play about Steinem, Gloria: A Life, below:
Christine Lahti and Joanna Glushak
Joan Marcus
Christine Lahti
Joanna Glushak and Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti
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Cast
Joan Marcus
Christine Lahti, DeLanna Studi, Liz Wisan, Fedna Jacquet, and Francesca Fernandez McKenzie
Joanna Glushak, Christine Lahti, Fedna Jacquet, and Francesca Fernandez McKenzie
Joanna Glushak, Fedna Jacquet, Francesca Fernandez McKenzie, Christine Lahti, Patrena Murray, DeLanna Studi, and Liz Wisan
Joan Marcus
Patrena Murray and Christine Lahti
Christine Lahti and Fedna Jacquet
