Julia Louis-Dreyfus To Make Broadway Debut Alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney in First Revival of “Other Desert Cities”

Dave QuinnTue, May 26, 2026 at 3:46 PM UTC

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Julia Louis-Dreyfus , Ed Harris, Allison Janney, Lily Rabe and Joe Keery will star in the first Broadway revival of Other Desert Cities

The production, directed by Tony winner John Benjamin Hickey, begins previews Sept. 29 and runs through Jan. 17, 2027

Both Louis-Dreyfus and Keery will make their Broadway debuts in the play

Julia Louis-Dreyfus is heading to Broadway for the first time.

The 11-time Emmy Award winner will make her Broadway debut this fall in the first Broadway revival of Jon Robin Baitz’s ensemble drama Other Desert Cities, starring alongside Ed Harris, Allison Janney and Lily Rabe.

Joe Keery will also star in the production, in a role that marks his Broadway debut, too.

The revival, directed by Tony Award-winning actor John Benjamin Hickey, will begin previews Sept. 29 at Broadway’s Hudson Theatre ahead of an official opening night on Oct. 18. The limited engagement is scheduled to run through Jan. 17, 2027.

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Originally premiering Off-Broadway in 2011 before transferring to Broadway later that year, Other Desert Cities follows a wealthy, politically connected Palm Springs family whose carefully maintained image begins to unravel when their daughter returns home with a memoir exposing painful family secrets.

Louis-Dreyfus — best known for her Emmy-winning performances on Seinfeld, Veep and The New Adventures of Old Christine — will play Polly, the sharp-witted daughter whose visit ignites the family’s long-simmering tensions.

Harris, a four-time Oscar nominee whose theater credits include To Kill a Mockingbird and Buried Child, will portray Polly's conservative patriarch father Lyman, while Janney — who previously earned Tony nominations for A View from the Bridge and 9 to 5 — is stepping into the role of Silda, Polly’s alcoholic aunt and unlikely ally.

Joe Keery and Lily Rabe
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Rabe, whose Broadway credits include The Merchant of Venice and Seminar, will take on the character of Brooke, Polly’s younger sister. Keery, known for playing Steve Harrington on Netflix’s Stranger Things, rounds out the cast as Trip, Brooke’s boyfriend.

“Every family has a secret. Not every family survives it,” the production’s synopsis reads.

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The original Broadway production — which was directed by Joe Mantello — starred Stockard Channing, Stacy Keach, Judith Light, Rachel Griffiths and Thomas Sadoski. It was nominated for five 2012 Tonys including Best Play, winning one award for Light's featured performance.

Baitz's play was also a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

In a statement about the new production, Baitz reflected on revisiting the drama nearly two decades after its debut.

“I had, more or less, talked myself out of imagining Other Desert Cities back in New York,” Baitz said. “But John Hickey is family to me, and I trust him completely.”

“What’s slightly unnerving is that nearly 20 years later, through all the fractures and divisions, the questions remain the same: how to live with who we are and what we’ve done and call that a life,” he added.

John Benjamin Hickey at the opening night performance of Broadway's 'Other Desert Cities' in November 2011
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Hickey, who attending the Broadway opening night of Other Desert Cities in 2011, also called the revival “a dream come true.”

“When I recently revisited Other Desert Cities, I was stunned at how relevant the play remains, maybe now more than ever,” he said. “It’s an incredibly funny, surprising, and heartbreaking play about an American family. OUR American family.”

Tickets for Other Desert Cities go on sale to the general public June 3 (at 10 a.m. ET). Amex Presale Tickets will be available starting Wednesday, May 27 (at 10 a.m. ET).

For more information, visit otherdesertcitiesbroadway.com.

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