'HOUSEWIVES' Creator Cherry Loves Those 'Grand Ol' Dames', Wants Stritch

Desperate Housewives, series creator Marc Cherry spoke to E!Online's Marc Malkin and announced his desire to bring some of the great ladies of the stage and screen to Wisteria Lane in the future.

Cherry stated that, "I would love to work with Mary Tyler Moore, Vanessa Redgrave and folks like Elaine Stritch, who I'm going to try to get to Wisteria Lane at some point," Cherry said. "I'm always attracted to those grand ol' dames."

The creator of the hit ABC show has always brought his love of musicals and theatre to the project, he even names each episode after a Sondheim song.

Stage legend Elaine Stritch won an Emmy Award for her continuing role as Alec Baldwin's character Jack Donaghy's mother, Colleen Donaghy on NBC's "30 Rock."

"A primetime soap with a truly contemporary take on the "happily ever after," "Desperate Housewives" takes a darkly comedic look at suburbia, where the secret lives of housewives aren't always what they seem," describe press notes

"Desperate Housewives" stars Teri Hatcher as Susan Mayer, Felicity Huffman as Lynette Scavo, Marcia Cross as Bree Van De Kamp, Eva Longoria as Gabrielle Solis, Nicollette Sheridan as Edie Britt, Brenda Strong as Mary Alice Young, James Denton as Mike Delfino, Doug Savant as Tom Scavo, Ricardo Antonio Chavira as Carlos Solis, Andrea Bowen as Julie Mayer, Shawn Pyfrom as Andrew Van De Kamp, Joy Lauren as Danielle Van De Kamp, Rachel Fox as Kayla Huntington, Dana Delany as Katherine Mayfair, Lyndsy Fonseca as Dylan Mayfair, Zane Huett as Parker Scavo and Brent and Shane Kinsman as Porter and Preston Scavo.

To read the full interview with Marc Cherry at E! Online click here.