Not to mention Ann Harada, who I know from the one Broadway musical I've
actually seen on Broadway ("Avenue Q").
> On Sep 4, 2021, at 6:16 PM, Bill Partsch <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> 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)
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