Complex sentence: Akers first appeared on Broadway in the original production of "Nine", a musical directed by Tommy Tune and based on the Federico Fellini film "8½", as Luisa Contini, the wife of promiscuous film director Guido Contini (Raul Julia).
Split into simpler sentences: Akers first appeared on Broadway in the original production of "Nine", a musical directed by Tommy Tune and based on the Federico Fellini film "8½". She played the part of Luisa Contini, the wife of promiscuous film director Guido Contini (Raul Julia).