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TV+, the six-episode spoof offers up sly “Everybody understands, basically, what nods to classics such as “Oklahoma!” “Seven a musical is,” Paul explains, “and so I think Brides for Seven Brothers,” “The Sound of it has fun with all those tropes. And then Music” and yes, “Brigadoon” as it tells the Keegan’s character Josh hates musicals and story of Josh and Melissa (Keegan-Michael wants nothing to do with them and doesn’t Key, “Key and Peele,” and Cecily Strong, know anything about them. So he’s kind of “Saturday Night Live”), a bickering couple the way in for all those people that ... maybe on a relationship retreat who wander across haven’t watched ‘Oklahoma!’ recently.” a wilderness footbridge into a land where But there is real meat here for musical everyone is happy and a production number fans as well, as the production numbers are elaborate and the performers for the most is only a line or two away. part have respectable to serious musical And it is there in Schmigadoon where chops, especially Chenoweth, Cumming, they encounter such standard issue Tveit and DeBose, who all have extensive characters as the mayor (Alan Cumming, backgrounds in stage musicals and in some “The Good Wife”), the schoolmarm cases, Tony Awards. And those that don’t, “The Mighty Ones” “Movie: Exit Plan” “McCartney 3,2,1” (Ariana DeBose, “Hamilton”), the bad boy such as Strong, a lifelong fan of the genre, “This Way Up” This co-production of Germany, Paul McCartney is among the (Aaron Tveit, “Graceland”), the flirt (Dove A flood, a home makeover and a new acquit themselves quite nicely. The second season of this British Denmark and Norway stars Nicolaj executive producers of this six-episode Cameron, “Live and Maddie: Cali Style”), feathery friend are ahead for offbeat “I think while we’re just saying love letter comedy from writer, creator and star Coster-Waldau (“Game of Thrones”) as documentary series that features the doctor (Jaime Camil, “Jane the Virgin”), pals Rocksy, Twig, Leaf and Very Berry ... it was really important that we have legit Aisling Bea finds her character of Aine Max, an insurance adjuster in the midst intimate and revealing examinations the leprechaun (Martin Short), and the in their unkempt backyard domain Broadway stars in this ...,” says the actress, getting back up to speed following of an existential crisis, who checks of musical history from two living reverend (Fred Armisen, “Portlandia”) and who also has a producer credit here. “And as this animated comedy returns her nervous breakdown, leaving rehab into a secret hotel that specializes in legends — McCartney and acclaimed his wife, the town prude (Broadway’s Kristin when we filmed it the theaters (in New for its second season. 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