Multicamera comedy centers on book editor

Broadway actress Laura Benanti has been tapped as the lead in CBS' comedy pilot "Open Books."

The multicamera project, from WBTV and "Will & Grace" alumna Gail Lerner, centers on June (Benanti), a book editor at a small boutique publishing house in NewYork.

Benanti, who won a Tony in 2008 for "Gypsy," recurred on "Eli Stone."