The Tony-winning actress/singer played opera diva Maria Callas in the Terrence McNally production in the Big Apple earlier this year (11).

Now she's to play the character again at the Vaudeville Theatre in the British capital from January (12).

The actress follows in the footsteps of her Cagney & Lacey co-star Sharon Gless, who is currently appearing in the West End's A Round-Heeled Woman.