Theater Tatiana Maslany joins Bryan Cranston-led Network on Broadway By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on September 10, 2018 04:00PM EDT Photo: Christopher Polk/Getty Images; Everett Collection Tatiana Maslany is mad as hell, and she’s not going to take it anymore. The Emmy-winning Orphan Black actress is poised to make her Broadway debut in the West End transfer of Network this fall, producers announced Monday. Maslany will star as Diana Christensen, a ratings-obsessed news producer, in a role originated by Faye Dunaway in the original 1976 film. Bryan Cranston also stars as Howard Beale, reprising the role from London’s National Theatre production. Network begins performances Nov. 10 at Broadway’s Belasco Theatre, with opening night set for Dec. 6. It was previously scheduled to play the Cort Theatre. Ivo Van Hove (A View From the Bridge) will direct, from a script adapted by fellow Tony winner Lee Hall (Billy Elliot), based on the Oscar-winning film by Paddy Chayefsky. Network follows Beale, an aging news anchor who goes off the rails in his final broadcast. An unexpected ratings boom leads the network and Christensen to seize upon Beale’s sudden popularity as a populist prophet. The original film won four Academy Awards, including a posthumous award for Peter Finch as Beale. The production starring Cranston and Michelle Dockery as Christensen played in London from last November through March to rave reviews, prior to announcing its 18-week engagement on Broadway.