Fran Drescher’s ‘The Nanny’ is being made into a Broadway-bound musical

Fran Drescher’s beloved sitcom “The Nanny� is heading to the stage.

The Sony Pictures television series — created by Drescher and Peter Marc Jacobson, and partly inspired by Drescher’s life — is being developed into a Broadway-bound stage musical, producers announced Wednesday.

“Nobody is cast yet — we’re plotting — but we feel confident we will find a fabulous actress who is funny, charming and has a great voice,� Drescher and Jacobson said in a statement.

“Of course I would do it myself,� added Drescher, “but we’d have to change the title to ‘The Granny.’�

Marc Bruni (“Beautiful: The Carole King Musical�) will direct the production, featuring a book by Drescher and Jacobson, with lyrics by Rachel Bloom and music by Bloom and Adam Schlesinger of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend.�

“‘The Nanny’ was a fundamental part of my childhood, because it was the first time I saw an openly Jewish female protagonist on television,� said Bloom.

“The story of Fran Fine, however, is a universal one that has touched the hearts of people of every race, religion and orientation. I am so proud to be using the characters established by ‘The Nanny’ to tell a new story about one woman’s journey to becoming proud of who she is and what makes her different.�

“The Nanny,� which was initially pitched as a sitcom spin on the Rodgers & Hammerstein classic “The Sound of Music,� centered on a Jewish fashionista from Queens who becomes the caretaker of three well-to-do children on the Upper East Side. The class-clash comedy aired on CBS from 1993 to 1999, earning 12 Emmy Award nominations over six seasons.

“Its protagonist (a brassy babe with a heart of gold) and premise (a hired hand taking control of the house) are as pat as television gets,� wrote Times critic Howard Rosenberg in his review of the series premiere. “Yet the execution — thanks largely to the ability of its star and co-creator, Fran Drescher, to be at once huggable and noisily shrill — is fresh and Big Apple funny.�

“The Nanny� is the latest ’90s title to be mined for Broadway potential. Tituss Burgess has been developing a musical take on the 1996 film “The Preacher’s Wife,� which starred Whitney Houston. And a stage adaptation of the 1993 movie “Mrs. Doubtfire� will open on Broadway in April.