I’ve been traveling backward through the archive of Conan O’Brien Needs A Friend, and I just listened to the Kristen Chenoweth episode. In it she mentions she’s Zooming in from a hotel in Vancouver, where her next-door neighbor is Alan Cumming. Those are recognizable Broadway names. Also in the cast is the woman who originally played The Bullet in “Hamilton,” although I admittedly cannot tell you her name without looking it up.
> On Sep 3, 2021, at 12:17 PM, M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > > Kevin - I respect your opinion but humbly disagree. As a fan of musicals > (and meta commentary) I thought Schmigadoon! worked really well, although it > could have used another episode or two, as the resolution to the B-plots felt > really rushed. There were lots of little details outside of the song > pastiches that, as a theater nerd, I really appreciated - like the fact that > songs were always performed (more or less) to camera, as if they were being > performed on stage, and that the exterior sets in the 'town square' were very > obviously flat fronts, as you'd expect from a stage set, and you only got > detail when you entered a space. > > Certain talents were criminally underused (Martin Short, Jane Krakowski), > while others I could have done with a recasting (Cecily Strong, who I think > got the role because Lorne was the EP). For once Fred Armisen didn't make me > want to put my fist through the TV. > > Strangely enough, I think I saw that Schmigadoon! was shot in Vancouver, > which would explain why, beyond the leads, there weren't more recognizable > Broadway names. >> On Thursday, September 2, 2021 at 11:07:57 PM UTC-4 Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: >> The two leads are almost unwatchable, but the series is somehow fun to watch >> anyway? The premise is basically a retread of Pleasantville set to music. I >> can’t help but feel the show was conceived to provide paychecks to out of >> work Broadway actors. >> >> On Apple TV + (or whatever it is called) >> -- >> Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/6017a64b-d6a4-4c3c-a551-f0be7de15a0dn%40googlegroups.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/C9446A51-FC0C-433D-A652-B219E0C0C5F7%40gmail.com.
