Valerie Harper’s fresh good looks and earthy charm do not immediately bring to mind the brassy, overly made-up Hollywood glamour of stage and screen siren Tallulah Bankhead. But stand back, dahlings! Harper invited Broadway.com into her dressing room at the Lyceum Theatre, where she is starring as the vulgar and vivacious Bankhead in Looped (through April 11). Get ...

Matthew Lombardo’s Looped, which stars Valerie Harper as larger-than-life diva Tallulah Bankhead, will close on April 11. At the time of its closing, the comedy, directed by Rob Ruggiero and featuring Brian Hutchison and Michael Mulheren, will have played 27 previews and 25 regular performances at the Lyceum Theatre.

Looped tells the story of Tallulah Bankhead, the internationally celebrated ...

Valerie Harper is so friendly, warm and real that she feels like a spunky neighbor you’d want to have over for coffee every morning. No, we aren’t mixing up the star of Broadway’s Looped with her famous character, Rhoda Morgenstern from The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda (are we?). We’re simply impressed by the real-life ...

Age: “Thirtysomething.”

Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Currently: Playing uptight editor Danny, who must perform the thankless duty of supervising the erratic, over-the-top Tallulah Bankhead (played by Valerie Harper) as she loops (or re-records) a line of dialogue for a film in Matthew Lombardo’s Looped on Broadway.

Unlocking Opportunity: A natural performer, Hutchison spent his formative years performing in plays and ...

Oh, dahling! Tallulah Bankhead, the outrageous Hollywood party girl, is back! Valerie Harper (forever beloved as TV’s quirky Rhoda Morgenstern) channels the boozy, bawdy Bankhead in Matthew Lombardo’s new play Looped . The play follows one hellish day in the life of a film editor (Brian Hutchison) and a sound engineer (Michael Mulheren) trying to get the over-the-top star ...

Matthew Lombardo’s new play Looped brings the deliciously bawdy Tallulah Bankhead back to life. The show, starring Valerie Harper (in a character far from the lovably spunky Rhoda Morgenstern from The Mary Tyler Moore Show for which she is famous), Brian Hutchison and Michael Mulheren, opened at the Lyceum Theatre on March 14. After the opening night performance, the ...

Tallulah Bankhead was the kind of Hollywood bad girl that makes Lindsay Lohan look like Doris Day by comparison. A new play about the hard-living, foul-mouthed and outright infamous diva (who starred in films like Lifeboat and Tarnished Lady ) officially landed at Broadway's Lyceum Theatre on March 14, starring  Valerie Harper as Bankhead. The play, which follows Bankhead and ...

Boozy and brassy, Tallulah Bankhead was famous for her onstage (and screen) triumphs and infamous for her offstage antics. Now Valerie Harper, forever beloved for playing the spirited Rhoda Morgenstern on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Rhoda, is taking on the role of the larger-than-life Bankhead in Matthew Lombardo’s Looped. Want to know what it takes for the ...

Talullah Bankhead, who was as infamous for her offscreen antics as she was for her onscreen triumphs, has been the subject of a number of plays. Bankhead’s over-the-top shenanigans are catnip for actresses looking for a meaty part. Now Valerie Harper is taking on Talullah, and she’s not just offering up witty one-liners (though there are plenty of ...

Who can turn the world on with her smile? That's right, the one and only Mary Tyler Moore. The eternally sunny star, beloved for her eponymous show, reunited with her MTM co-star Valerie Harper (who will forever be known as Mary's spunky neighbor Rhoda Morgenstern) backstage at the Lyceum Theatre on February 24. Harper, who is starring as ...