The show stars Laura Linney, who plays a woman who reclaims her life after a terminal cancer diagnosis. Alda plays Linney’s oncologist, and Benanti plays his wife. The series also stars Oliver Platt and Tony Award winner John Benjamin Hickey, and features Hugh Dancy as a guest star this season.
Alda received three Tony Award nominations, for his performances in The Apple Tree, Jake’s Women, and Glengarry Glen Ross. He has also been seen on Broadway in Art, QED, and Purlie Victorious.
Benanti won a Tony Award for her performance in Gypsy. Among her other Broadway credits are Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown, Into the Woods, and Nine. She also stars in the forthcoming NBC series The Playboy Club.