“On its surface, ‘Schmigadoon!’ is a lampoon. Cecily Strong gives the kind of performance that turns it into something deeper,” writes Tribune critic Nina_Metz.
. Don’t ask, somehow it all fits together. At six episodes, the show is just the right length — neither belaboring things nor overstaying its welcome.
The series functions like a game of Name that Reference and it’s a hoot on those merits alone if you have a decent familiarity with musicals from this era. “Mein Herr” from “Cabaret” is re-imagined as “We’ve Gone Kaput” . Melissa’s audition at the club is a riff on “I Hope I Get It” from “A Chorus Line,” but with a more overt plea for the job: “I Need to Eat.
DeBose also gets a terrific “Dreamgirls”-inspired number, which is maybe fudging the era a bit since it premiered in ‘81, but who cares, she belts it out with so much feeling. She, along with Harada, Burgess, Cumming, Chenoweth, Krakowski and Tveit, are legitimate Broadway talents and they’ve landed on a tone that goes right up to the edge of camp without sacrificing real earnestness when warranted.
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