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Schmigadoon! is an American musical comedy television series created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio, with all songs written by Paul, who also serves as showrunner. [ 5 ] . The Apple TV+ series premiered July 16, 2021, [ 7 ] starring an ensemble cast led by Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key.
Aug 13, 2021 · Paul grew up watching musicals with his mother, and wrote all the songs for Schmigadoon! based on his familiarity with the genre; there are also orchestrations by Doug Besterman, music...
- Jackson Mchenry
- Critic
Jul 19, 2021 · If you couldn’t tell from the title, Schmigadoon! is a modern day parody of Lerner and Loewe’s Golden Age musical Brigadoon —most famous for featuring the now-classic jazz standard “Almost Like...
Schmigadoon!: Created by Ken Daurio, Cinco Paul. With Keegan-Michael Key, Cecily Strong, Dove Cameron, Kristin Chenoweth. A couple on a backpacking trip discovers a magical town in which everyone acts like they're in a classic musical.
- (15K)
- 2021-07-16
- Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
- 30
- Episode 1: “Schmigadoon!”
- Episode 2: “Lover’s Spat”
- Episode 3: “Cross That Bridge”
- Episode 4: “Suddenly”
- Episode 5: “Tribulation”
While the series name and premise are a takeoff on Brigadoon, its big opening number, “Schmigadoon!” is a direct homage to the rollicking, roof-raising title song in Oklahoma!, which is actually a second act show-stopper in the oft-revived 1943 musical. With an earworm melody, huge dancing chorus and singing the name of the title locale with an ext...
At the bridge out of town, Melissa and Josh argue about the possibility that their relationship isn’t true love and realize they’re stuck in Schmigadoon until they find it. The townspeople sing and dance to a high-spirited anthem, “Lovers’ Spat”as their breakup unfolds. The jaunty, upbeat song contrasts with the contentious situation. The bouncy in...
Melissa bonds with the sweet, patient Florence Menlove (Anna Harada), the mayor’s wife, who loves her brooding yet caring husband, but laments how distant he can be and the “long walks” he loves to take. “There’s often the song of a woman singing about a man and how she loves him in spite of his flaws,” Paul says. “You try to find the well that the...
Ariana DeBose (Hamilton, West Side Story) plays smart yet sweet local schoolmarm Emma, the only woman in town who Josh hasn’t tried to cross the bridge with. He thinks she may be The One and he actually falls for her a bit. A nod to Marian the librarian from The Music Man and Anna from The King and I, Emma is an enlightened, independent-minded woma...
An inspired homage/parody of “Ya Got Trouble” from The Music Man, “Tribulation” is a showcase for Kristin Chenoweth’s Mildred Layton, the town scold and head of the puritanical group “Mothers Against the Future.” “[‘Ya Got Trouble’] to me is a masterpiece,” Paul says. “It’s like nothing that ever existed before.” Mildred has been warning the townsp...
Aug 6, 2021 · A parody of iconic Golden Age musicals, Schmigadoon! stars Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key as a couple on a backpacking trip designed to reinvigorate their relationship who discover a...
Jul 15, 2021 · The new musical comedy series Schmigadoon! brings a delightful cast to a parody of 1940s Broadway musicals, with good musical results, if things are a little mixed otherwise.
