Nathan Lane to guest on “Modern Family”

Eric Stonestreet shared with reporters at TV Critics Assn. Press Tour in Beverly Hills today that Tony winner Nathan Lane is set to guest star on Modern Family!

Nathan will play the role of Pepper who is a flamboyant friend of the show’s gay couple Mitch and Cam [Stonestreet and Jesse Tyler Ferguson].

Apparently it was Lane who approached producers about wanting to guest and the episode will air early in the new season.

He is currently starring on Broadway with Bebe Neuwirth in The Addams Family. He is a Tony winner for The Producers and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum.