In Broadways highly anticipated Other Desert Cities, Lily Rabe unpacks dark family secrets

Lily Rabe thrives on drama and surprises in both her wardrobe and her work.“I don’t ever like to stay in a comfort zone,” she tells Alexa.

“That’s what keeps it all exciting.”Her go-to designers for red carpet looks and events? “Rodarte.Erdem — a total fave,” she shares during our New York City one-on-one.

“I love Honor.Bora Aksu.

Oh, and Bode.”And for everyday? “I definitely have a Mayle obsession for my personal life.” At 44, Rabe is known for moving seamlessly between stage and screen, and classic and contemporary stories.“I have a sort of insatiable appetite for work,” she says.

“Right now, I’d say I do feel very sated.”No wonder.This is a big theater season for her.

On Aug.23, she wrapped her run opposite Raúl Esparza in “The Winter’s Tale,” her fifth show in the Public Theater’s free Shakespeare in the Park series. On Sept.

29 at the Hudson Theatre, Rabe is back on Broadway.She plays Brooke, a troubled writer whose memoir detonates a well-to-do family’s long-buried dark history, in “Other Desert Cities,” officially opening Oct.

18.Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Ed Harris play her parents, Allison Janney her aunt and Joe Keery her brother.The collective star power makes director John Benjamin Hickey’s new production of Jon Robin Baitz’s 2011 play a Mohave hot ticket.Rabe sat down for her first read-through with the cast on Aug.

25, but getting together with her playmates for an earlier photo shoot was enough to make an impression.“I’m in love with all of them,” Rabe says.She’s worked with Harris before, but the revival marks her first acting collaboration with the rest of the cast.

In June at the Tony Awards, she shared a stage and presented the Best Play honors with Louis-Dreyfus, an 11-time Emmy winner. “I’ll watch her in anything.

I wish she were our president,” says Rabe, alluding to Louis-Dreyfus’ role in the politically pungent “Veep.” “Although I’m glad she’s not, beca...