Principal casting is now complete for the seven-episode limited original series The Artist, which will premiere in March 2025 on The Network, a free, ad-supported streaming platform and studio that launched in May.

As previously reported, the series will mark a reunion for three-time Tony winner Patti LuPone—currently back on Broadway opposite Mia Farrow in the new comedy The Roommate—and her Tony-winning Evita co-star, Mandy Patinkin, who will be joined by Janet McTeer (Kaos, Ozark, A Doll's House) as Marian Henry, Danny Huston (Yosemite, Horizon: An American Saga) as Edgar Dégas, Hank Azaria (Brockmire, Ray Donovan) as Thomas Edison, Zachary Quinto (Cult of Love; Brilliant Minds) as Delphin Delmas, and Clark Gregg (Thelma, Painkiller) as Harry Kendall Thaw. Patinkin will play Norman Henry with LuPone as Rosie Morsch.

Newly announced for the series are Katharine McPhee (Smash, Waitress) as Nora Bayes, Ever Anderson (Peter Pan and Wendy, Black Widow) as Evelyn Nesbit, Jill Hennessy (City on a Hill, Accused) as Nesbit's mother, and Ana Mulvoy Ten (Selah and the Spades, American Crime) as Lilith.

Created, executive-produced, written, and directed by filmmaker and founder of The Network, Aram Rappaport, the murder mystery is set in the twilight of the Gilded Age as Thomas Edison, Edgar Degas, and Evelyn Nesbit meet at the home of an eccentric and failing tycoon and his wife—an evening which ends in the tycoon's untimely demise.

Joining Rappaport as producer of this work of historical fiction is Hilary Shor (Children of Men, The Paperboy).

“The way we make television has changed. I believe it is a fundamental truth that artists should hold the keys to their craft and creativity,” said Rappaport in an earlier statement. “This series in collaboration with the cast and crew has proven there is a hunger to explore new frontiers in an episodic format, where actors have freedom to challenge themselves and take risks. This is something I believe we could only have been able to greenlight at The Network. I created a platform to push the boundaries of storytelling, and now we actually get to do it! How lucky are we?”

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