A veteran of stage and screen, Tony winner Jane Krakowski returns to “Schmigadoon!” In the second season of Apple TV+’s musical series, Krakowski plays Bobbie, a trial lawyer who …
In the second season of Apple TV+’s musical series, Krakowski plays Bobbie, a trial lawyer who sings and dances while roller-skating blindfolded, holding sparklers in her hands and doing splits and flipping around on a trapeze bar.
“We tried to pick things I mostly already knew how to do, except trapeze. So, I was allowed to go to trapeze school for like a week and grab five lessons before we filmed,” Krakowski toldKrakowski’s number, filmed very quickly over two days was cinematographer John Coffin’s favorite. “She was unbelievable and so gung-ho. It was sort of infectious,” Coffin said.
“I always wanted to learn the ‘Hot Honey Rag’ from ‘Chicago,'” Krakowski said. “I just wanted to learn those steps of those great ladies that originated that show. [Choreographer] Chris Gattelli put some pieces of that in the number for me, which was incredible.” Whereas Season 1 was insired by the the bright and more optimistic musicals of the early part of the 20th century, Season 2 delves into the darker side of musical theater, highlighting moments and numbers from the musicals of the 1960s and ’70s, including “Chicago,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Hair” and “Pippin.”
Now, with the hit NBC musical “Smash” slated for Broadway, could “Schmigadoon!” be next? “From your lips to the Broadway God’s ears,” co-creator Cinco Paul told
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