Tony Winner Laura Benanti to Star in CBS Pilot 'Open Books'

Broadway star Laura Benanti, Tony winner for her role as Louise in GYPSY alongside Patti LuPone, has been tapped to star as lead role in the upcoming CBS pilot "Open Books," according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Benanti will star as June, a book editor in New York at a specialty publishing house. The show will be procued by WBTV and Gail Lerner, producer of the hit television show "Will and Grace."

Portraying compelling characters in Broadway theater, television, and film has made Tony Award-winning actress Laura Benanti a stage and screen favorite. In addition to her Tony-winning turn in Gypsy, she also earned Tony nominations for her roles in Swing! and the revival of Into the Woods opposite Vanessa Williams.

Her Broadway credits include Gypsy (for which she won a 2008 Tony Award), The Wedding Singer, Nine, Into the Woods (Tony nomination), Swing! (Tony nomination), and The Sound of Music, and most recently In The Next Room which had a short run this season and closed in January. Off-Broadway, she has appeared in the City Center Encores! production of Wonderful Town and Time and Again at Manhattan Theater Club.