AppleTV+’s 2-Season 'Schmigadoon!' Lands on Broadway as Cinco Paul, 61, Revives Musical Homages
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Updated · The New York Times · May 18
AppleTV+’s 2-Season 'Schmigadoon!' Lands on Broadway as Cinco Paul, 61, Revives Musical Homages
9 articles · Updated · The New York Times · May 18
AppleTV+ comedy-musical 'Schmigadoon!' has been reworked for Broadway, extending the 2021 series about two doctors trapped in a town that behaves like a classic stage musical.
Cinco Paul, 61, said the adaptation keeps the show’s core joke and structure while leaning into songs built as homages to one, two or even three earlier Broadway works.
The project grew from an idea Paul first conceived in his 30s, loosely inspired by the 1947 musical 'Brigadoon,' before reviving it roughly two decades later for television.
That TV version ran for two seasons, and Paul argues the Broadway production should work both for devoted musical-theater fans and for audiences who miss its deeper references.
From TV parody to Broadway triumph, how did 'Schmigadoon!' build a Tony-nominated original from classic musical theater's DNA?
After Apple canceled it, 'Schmigadoon!' became a Broadway smash. Could stage success now spark a streaming revival for season three?
Is 'Schmigadoon!' just for theater nerds, or can its Broadway magic charm audiences unfamiliar with the classics it spoofs?