Sara Bareilles to star in Peacock comedy about a girl group Sara Bareilles will be acting against type in her next role: She’ll be playing a washed-up musicianNEW YORK -- Sara Bareilles will be acting against type in her next role: She'll be playing a washed-up musician. The NBCUniversal streaming platform Peacock said Monday the Grammy-winning artist and Broadway songwriter Bareilles will star in “Girls5eva,” co-produced by Tina Fey. The comedy is about a one-hit-wonder girl group called “Girls5eva” from the 1990s whose members reunite to give their pop star dreams one more shot. Recently, she served as executive producer for “Little Voice,” a 10-episode series, for which she created the original music. Meredith Scardino will be writer and executive producer for the series.

Source: ABC News August 10, 2020 18:11 UTC