ANGELA LANSBURY - LANSBURY COMMITS TO FIRST BROADWAY RUN IN 23 YEARS

American actress ANGELA LANSBURY will return to Broadway after 23 years away from the New York stage when she stars in the new TERRENCE MCNALLY play DEUCE next year (07) Co-starring with MONA LISA SMILE star MARIAN SELDES, Lansbury will appear in the first Broadway show since completing her Tony Award winning leading role in MAME in 1984 However, the MURDER, SHE WROTE actress, will be trying out her stage shoes when she participates in a one-off benefit for the York Company in THIS IS ON ME: AN EVENING OF DOROTHY PARKER next month (05NOV06) The MICHAEL BLAKEMORE-directed DEUCE is scheduled for a May opening at the Music Box Theater