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Maureen lipman, who will star with James Dreyfuss in the Mary Chase comedy Harvey. it’s the tale of elwood p. Dowd, a man who believes he has a friendship with a 6ft-tall white rabbit. Ms lipmanl will play Dowd’s sister Veta, who plots to have her sibling locked up. The play will b begin performances at the Birmingham repertory Theatre from February 6-21. it will then travel to richmond and Brighton — after which there are hopes that it will transfer into the West end. NIC ROULEAU, who will play Elder Price in the smashhit musical The Book Of Mormon at the Prince Of Wales Theatre from February 2. Brian Sears will play Elder Cunningham. Meanwhile, Gavin Creel — who originated Elder Price in London — will take over that role on Broadway from January 6. gillian anderson (pictured below), who said she will take director Benedict andrews’s award-winning Young Vic production of Tennessee Williams’s a streetcar named Desire to new York in 2016. ‘We’re looking for a theatre that can take our revolving set,’ the actress told me. she said a couple of potential spaces had been identified. IMELDA STAUNTON, who will star in the musical Gypsy at the Savoy Theatre for a 35-week run from March 30 until November 28. Tickets are expected to go on sale from mid-week. Negotiations have been exhausting, but producers David Ian and Michael Harrison have come to terms with ATG, which runs the Savoy Theatre. Jonathan Kent directed Gypsy at the Chichester Festival Theatre in the summer, when it opened to rave reviews. It marks the first time Gypsy has been in London since Angela Lansbury did it 40 years ago. orlando james and eve ponsonby, who will play lovers Will shakespeare and Viola De Lesseps in the stage version of shakespeare in Love at the noel Coward Theatre from January 12. suzanne Burden will play elizabeth i. scene-stealing dog Barney will continue as spot.