The Prom living their teenage dreams on Netflix. Who she plays: Dee Dee Allen, an ego-maniac Broadway star similar to (but not really like) Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minelli, Chita Rivera, and the woman who originated this role on Broadway, Beth Leavel.
She’s famous in New York, but unknown in Indiana. Where you’ve seen her: The Devil Wears Prada, Mamma Mia, The Bridges of Madison County...
do I need to keep going? Come on. It’s Meryl Streep. Has she been on Broadway: Not since the ‘70s, but Streep was in several plays on Broadway including The Cherry Orchard. Who he plays: Barry Glickman, a Drama Desk winner (which for the purposes of comedy is kind of like Broadway’s Golden Globe, not quite as good as a Tony) who ran away from.
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