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Julia Louis-Dreyfus studied theater in college before shifting into improv comedy, which led her to Saturday Night Live and eventually to sitcom superstardom (earning 11 Emmys along the way). She returns to her stage roots, and makes her Broadway debut, in John Benjamin Hickey's revival of Jon Robin Baitz's personal-political drama, a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize. Louis-Dreyfus stars opposite the redoubtable Ed Harris as a successful pair of Republicans whose daughter, played by Lily Rabe, threatens to expose a long-buried family tragedy. Joe Keery and Alison Janney—whose mantel is calso overcrowded with Emmys—complete the cast.