Lisa Rinna and seven more Housewives join ‘Rumors’: who takes the stage when

Lisa Rinna, Phaedra Parks and six other Real Housewives stars are set to appear in an Off-Broadway revival of Neil Simon’s Rumors in New York, Variety reported on October 27, 2026. The production will split the performers between two casts, with shows scheduled to begin January 9, 2027, at the Newman Mills Theater in the Robert W. Wilson MCC Theater Space.

The eight women will rotate through four roles rather than appear together: Rinna and Cynthia Bailey are scheduled to play Chris in successive runs, while Parks and Eileen Davidson will each play Claire. The announced opening night is January 25, 2027, according to Variety.

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The Hollywood Reporter described the engagement as a strictly limited 14-week run. It said the production will mark a New York stage debut for all eight women except Rinna, who played Roxie Hart in Chicago in 2007. For the other seven, the announced production would put them on a New York stage for the first time.

Why The Real Housewives fits Neil Simon’s Rumors

Tony Award winner Zhailon Levingston, whose credits include Cats: The Jellicle Ball, will direct the revival, The Hollywood Reporter reported. In a statement quoted by the outlet, Levingston said the production would view Rumors through the lens of The Real Housewives without changing Simon’s text. He pointed to the play’s ‘delicious chaos that unfolds when private lives become public spectacle.’

That premise begins with four couples arriving at a party in a wealthy New York suburb. They find their host in an alarming state, his wife missing and police on the way, according to the production description quoted by The Hollywood Reporter. The play first opened on Broadway in 1988, with an original cast that included Christine Baranski, Jessica Walter and Joyce Van Patten. Baranski won a Tony Award for playing Chris Gorman, the role assigned to Rinna and then Bailey in the announced revival.