in 1987, she returned to broadway, starring in "broadway bound" (winning a tony award), "gypsy" (1990), "the sisters rosensweig" (1993), "the diary of anne frank" (1997–1998) and "the tale of the allergist's wife" (2000–2001), among others. in 2010, she appeared as ruth steiner in "collected stories", garnering her fifth tony nomination. she starred in nbc's short-lived sitcom, "sean saves the world" as lorna and the cbs sitcom "9jkl".