The cast features several theater alums, including Kathryn Hahn, who starred in the Broadway production of Boeing Boeing in 2008; Jennifer Aniston, who performed in Broadway's The 24 Hour Plays in 2006 and 2009; Eugene Levy, who participated in a 1997 Encores! Concert of Promises, Promises; and the film's star, Brie Larson, who played Emily Webb in a production of Our Town at Williamstown Theatre Festival in 2010.

The world of Broadway has been a popular subject in cinema for decades, with films ranging from the 1950 classic All About Eve, about a Broadway star in the twilight of her career, to the 1997 Christopher Guest Mockumentary Waiting For Guffman, about a theater troupe with big Broadway dreams – based in the Podunk town of Blaine, Missouri . Only time will tell if Brie Larson is a Bette Davis or a Parker Posey, but we'll give the Pretty Woman a shot.