Buffy and
Scrubs have done it, and now Dana Delaney has revealed that she would love to do a musical version of
Desperate Housewives.
Delaney, who left the show last season to star on upcoming ABC medical drama
Body of Proof, says she has pitched the idea to
Desperate Housewives creator Marc Cherry.
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8 Women because the film reminded me so much of
Desperate Housewives," she
tells the
Sunday Mail. "So I sent a DVD of the film to Marc. He wasn't interested but now, of course, the television series
Glee has come along, which I love."
Delany, 54, adds that Cherry can team up with Oscar- and Tony-winning composer-lyricist-friend Stephen Sondheim for the musical. Sondheim, of course, is behind
A Little Night Music and
Sweeney Todd. She says she loves the idea even though she is not a "great" singer.
She says the musical
Desperate Housewives can mark her return to Wisteria Lane after she left last season to escape to Paris with lesbian ex-stripper Robin (Julie Benz). She adds that it was fun playing a crazy Katherine, while it's not so "interesting" to moon over Mike (James Denton).
"But once she started stalking him, got crazy and went to the loony bin, then experimented with women, I had a great time," she says, adding that her favorite scene was when she, wearing Susan's (Teri Hatcher) wedding gown, creepily stirred a pot of tomato sauce at the oven.
On
Body of Proof, Delaney plays a former brain surgeon who had an accident that left her with numb hands. Unable to operate, she becomes a medical examiner who helps solve crimes. The series will kick off in the fall.
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