Rhea Perlman and Lucy DeVito Join Love, Loss, and What I Wore

Rhea Perlman and her daughter Lucy DeVito have joined the cast of the forthcoming world premiere production of Love, Loss, and What I Wore at the West Side Theatre. Written by Nora and Delia Ephron based on recollections of their friends and on the best-selling book by Ilene Beckerman, this collection of vignettes and monologues will begin a 12-week run on September 21 and open on October 1, directed by Karen Carpenter.

Perlman and DeVito join previously announced cast members Samantha Bee, Kristin Chenoweth, Tyne Daly, Katie Finneran, Rosie O'Donnell, Mary Louise Wilson and Rita Wilson. The production will feature three different five-member casts who will perform the piece in four-week cycles. No word yet on which stars will appear together on particular dates. Additional cast and creative team will be announced shortly.

A four-time Emmy Award winner for playing sassy waitress Carla Tortelli in Cheers, Perlman appeared on Broadway in The Tale of the Allergist's Wife and in the West End production of Boeing-Boeing. She is currently featured as Tony winner Jane Adams' mother in the HBO comedy Hung.

DeVito (Perlman's daughter with husband Danny DeVito) played the title role in The Diary of Anne Frank at Seattle's Intiman Theatre, appeared in the L.A. production of Neil LaBute's The Shape of Things and most recently was featured in Huntington Theatre's world premiere of Miracle at Naples. Off-Broadway, she played the title role in Lucy at Ensemble Studio Theatre. A graduate of Brown, she appeared in college productions of Compleat Female Stage Beauty, Anna in the Tropics, The Glory of Living and Our Town.

Daryl Roth signed on to produce the show off-Broadway after a successful benefit production in the winter of 2009 at her DR2 Theatre. A review of the benefit noted that “a story of black cowboy boots becomes a sad tale of being underappreciated in a relationship; a tale of two women shopping for their wedding outfits ends bitter-sweetly; and the recollection of a new bra is a quiet testament to a women’s search for dignity while undergoing treatment for breast cancer.”

A portion of the production's proceeds will benefit Dress for Success, a charity that provides work clothing and job support for low-income women. Audience members will be invited to donate their gently-used purses and other accessories in the theater lobby.