Laura Benanti Cast in ABC Pilot 'Eli Stone'

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Laura Benanti is set as one of the co-stars of a new pilot.

The Wedding Singer star--who was previously featured on the short-lived FX show "Starved"--will join Jonny Lee Miller, James Saito and Loretta Divine for the pilot of "Eli Stone," which, if picked up, will air on ABC. In the show, the title character learns that he might be a prophet.

The article states that "Benanti will play Beth, a single mother and Eli's (Miller) first love back in college, who is now pleading with him to help her sue her insurance company after it refused to cover an experimental treatment for her autistic child."  The pilot will be produced by Touchstone Television and Berlanti Television.

Benanti, who plays The Wedding Singer's Laura, received a Tony nomination for her performance as Cinderella in the 2002 revival of Into the Woods, as she did for Swing! in 1999. She made her Broadway debut as Maria in the revival of The Sound of Music the year before. Her last Broadway appearance was as Claudia in the revival of Nine, and other New York credits include the Actors' Fund Benefit Concert of Hair, Time and Again at MTC and Wonderful Town at Encores!.  Regionally, she has been seen in A Little Night Music, Man of La Mancha and A Winter's Tale.  Her film credits include Take the Lead, opposite Antonio Banderas, and the upcoming East Broadway, with Gale Harold and Christine Baranski.