Emmy Award winner Valerie Harper has pulled out of the national tour of Looped, due to illness. After being hospitalized during rehearsals, Harper’s doctors have advised that she take a medical leave of absence from reprising her Tony-nominated role as Tallulah Bankhead. Harper will be replaced by Stefanie Powers, who played Bankhead’s daughter in the film that inspired the events of the play. The Looped …
SOURCE: Broadway.com at 05:29PM on January 28, 2013