Based on Ross Thomas’ novel, the cable series stars Rosario Dawson as an investigator who returns to her Texas hometown after the murder of her sister. Tony winner Cumming (Cabaret, The Good Wife) has been cast as Clyde Brattle, an arms dealer under investigation by the Senate, with Emmy winner Asner (The Mary Tyler Moore Show) as the racist owner of the town’s newspaper, James Staghorne Sr.
Briarpatch is from series creator Sam Esmail (Mr. Robot, Homecoming) and writer Andy Greenwald. The cast also includes Kim Dickens, Jay R. Ferguson, Brian Geraghty, and Edi Gathegi.
An air date for the series has yet to be announced.
Alan Cumming and The Kit Kat Girls in Cabaret.
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Alan Cumming and company in the 1998 production of Cabaret
Alan Cumming in Cabaret – Tonys 1999
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Dominic West, Jennifer Ehle and Alan Cumming in Design for Living.
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Alan Cumming and Dominic West
Christopher Innvar, Nellie McKay, and Alan Cumming
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Alan Cumming and Cyndi Lauper in The Threepenny Opera.
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Alan Cumming in Macbeth.
Alan Cumming in Macbeth
Alan Cumming in Macbeth
Michelle Williams and Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming in Cabaret
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