According to The Hollywood Reporter, Kristin Chenoweth has signed up to star in and executive produce the single-camera Disney+ comedy series The Biggest Star in Appleton.
Paul Rudnick (In & Out) will executive produce alongside Chenoweth, and Dan Jinks (American Beauty), who worked with the actress on ABC’s Pushing Daisies.
Her status is threatened, however, when a struggling New York chorus girl moves back home with dreams of her own.”
Per the report, the series will focus on Carol Dannhauser (Chenoweth), “a mother, wife, and waitress in Appleton, Wisconsin, who gets her deepest satisfaction from small-town stardom at her community theater.