"Sex and the City" actress Cynthia Nixon is set to star in the world premiere of David Lindsay-Abaire's new play, "Rabbit Hole," on Broadway early next year.

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Directed by Tony Award-winning director Daniel Sullivan, the Manhattan Theatre Club production of the drama is to start previews at The Biltmore Theatre on Jan. 12, 2006, with an official opening date slated for Feb. 2, 2006.

Nixon won the 2004 Emmy Award for Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series for her performance as Miranda Hobbes on HBO's "Sex and the City."

"Rabbit Hole" will be her first Broadway appearance since her performance in "The Women" in 2001.

The play, about a happy couple trying to live through the aftermath of a life-shattering accident, marks Lindsay-Abaire's Broadway debut.

His play, "Fuddy Meers," premiered at MTC in 1999 and later transferred to the Minetta Lane Theatre for a commercial run. More than 100 productions of it have since been staged.