Odds & Ends: Sienna Miller's Creepy Cabaret Dreams, The Last Five Years' iTunes Rankings & More

Here's a quick roundup of stories you may have missed today and over the Holiday weekend.

Sienna Miller Dreams of a Culinary Cabaret
Screen favorite Sienna Miller returns to Broadway tonight as Cabaret’s next and final Sally Bowles. She recently stopped by Good Morning America to discuss the role, saying she coincidentally got her Great White Way inspiration from Birdman, starring Oscar nominee and her Sally predecessor Emma Stone. “In the book, she’s supposed to be bad,” Miller says of the Kit Kat Klub headliner. So if she doesn’t exactly nail a note here and there, it’s totally a character choice. Take a look she discusses her bizarre show-related nightmares (including one involving a chef hat), and reveals that her first night on will be her first time on stage with her co-star Alan Cumming!



The 39 Steps Team to Return for Off-Broadway Bow
The original creative team behind The 39 Steps on Broadway will return for the forthcoming off-Broadway revival at Union Square Theatre. Reuniting with director Maria Aitken are the original productions lighting designer Kevin Adams, sound designer Mic Pool and set and costume designer Peter McKintosh. The Patrick Barlow comedy will performances will begin on April 1 and open officially on April 13 (instead of the originally reported April 9).

Is There a Marcia in the House?
Tony and Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden will head to the small screen for the upcoming CBS pilot Code Black. According to Deadline, Harden will play Christa in the medical drama, a soccer mom-turned-doctor who lost her son to cancer and now works at LA County Hospital with her fellow—albeit younger—residents. The series is based on the 2013 documentary of the same name.

Lots of People Watched The Last Five Years on the Couch
Honestly, if you didn’t spend Valentine’s Day crying into a pint of Ben and Jerry’s while wearing these PJs and watching The Last Five Years, you did it wrong. The film took in $42,042 in its (very) limited theatrical release, but also hit the top spot on the iTunes Independent Film chart and ranked eighth overall. Congrats to the little off-Broadway musical that could, Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan and (of course) Wayne the Snake!

Sally Struthers, Annie Golden & Mary Testa Will Get Cheery
The York Theatre Company will host a two-night-only public developmental reading of Cheer Wars, a new musical by Gordon Leary and Karlan Judd. Hunter Foster will direct a cast that features Sally Struthers, Annie Golden and Mary Testa, as well as Britney Coleman, Molly Hager, Stephanie Hsu, Amy Linden, Alyse Alan Louis, Michael Dean Morgan, Robb Sapp and Dana Steingold. The tuner follows the rivalry between two cheerleading-obsessed coaches and their also-cheering daughters. Performances will take place on February 19 and 20 at Theatre at Saint Peter’s.