See Broadway Darling Laura Benanti as The Playboy Club’s Badass Bunny Mother

She has played burlesque entertainers (Gypsy) and fairy-tale characters (Into the Woods) on Broadway, and now Tony winner Laura Benanti is doing a little bit of both on the silver screen. In the new NBC series The Playboy Club, about the famous Chicago nightspot, Benanti is playing original Playboy bunny Carol-Lynne, who becomes the club's first "Bunny Mother." The show doesn’t premiere until September 19, but you can get a sneak peek at this badass lady below! Click on to see Benanti introduce her take-no-prisoners character, and share why her role is a dream come true.