A starry musical comedy parody series, “Schmigadoon!” premieres its first two episodes on Apple TV+ on Friday, July 16, with more to follow. The cast includes Cecily Strong, Keegan Michael-Key, Alan Cumming, Kristin Chenoweth, Aaron Tveit, Dove Cameron, Ariana DeBose, Fred Armisen, Jaime Camil, Jane Krakowski and Ann Harada.
“Schmigadoon!,” is a parody of the classic 1947 musical Brigadoon (Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe), about an enchanted Scottish village that appears once every 100 years for only one day. Strong and Key play a couple, named Melissa and Josh, who attempt to recharge their relationship on a backpacking. They wind up stumbling into a magical mystery town where everyone appears to be possessed by the song and dance of 1940s musicals. And here they are trapped until they can find “true love.”
From Broadway Video and Universal Television, “Schmigadoon!” is co-created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio; Paul is serving as showrunner, in addition to writing all of the original music for the series. Barry Sonnenfeld directed the series and also executive produces.
Watch the “Schmigadoon!” trailer:
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