Ellen Tovatt Leary’s THE UNDERSTUDY Makes the Lists

Ellen Tovatt Leary’s debut novel THE UNDERSTUDY releases tomorrow, July 1, 2020 as a paperback and ebook, and it’s already making people’s summer reading lists.

PLAYBILL includes THE UNDERSTUDY in its list of “18 Theater Reads to Enjoy in Summer 2020.” (June 25, 2020)

DC Metro Theater Arts selected THE UNDERSTUDY in its “Summer Reading Selections of Theater Themed Books.” (June 22, 2020)

THE UNDERSTUDY is about actress Nina Landau as she strives to make it on Broadway in 1970s New York. Experience her Broadway audition nerves and rejections to her eventual success on Broadway. Nina experiences thrilling triumphs as well as crushing setbacks and has a passionate love affair with her leading man.

Ellen Tovatt Leary spent twenty years acting on the professional stage. She performed in theaters from the Ahmanson in Los Angeles to the State Theatre in Lincoln Center, including four Broadway theaters (the Barrymore, the Lyceum, the Helen Hayes, and the Palace), and many Off-Broadway and regional theaters. She worked with Hal Prince, Maureen Stapleton and James Hammerstein among others. She graduated from Antioch College and was a Fulbright scholar at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.