Rachel Bloom’s new show is all about death — and it may be her most Jewish one yet
The ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ creator is back with a musical comedy about looming mortality and existential dread
The ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’ creator is back with a musical comedy about looming mortality and existential dread
In a night to 'fight back,' comedians played it safe
It’s a tale (nearly) as old as time: A millionaire Broadway producer meets a bridal shop worker from Queens, hires her as a caretaker for his children, then eventually takes her to wife. Now, that classic story will become a stage musical. Yes, a Broadway treatment of hit 1990s sitcom“The Nanny” is forthcoming. As Deadline…
Every day this week we’ll be highlighting classic and cutting-edge Jewish comedy, from the best Jewish memes to the best jokes about Jews by non-Jews. L’chaim! It’s a strange time in comedy when world events feel increasingly absurd, but, like…not in a fun way. Comedians can help us contextualize the absurdity. Or they can be…
Marc Chagall. Max Weber. Lucian Freud. Rachel Bloom is not the first Jewish artist to create work that shocks and provokes powerful men, and she will not be the last! Her art, perhaps, surpasses all the others in terms of pun-usage. The creator and star of CW’s musical comedy “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” took to Twitter to…
Well, well, well, well (“wells” ad infinitum until world situation either significantly improves or finally implodes.) Things are bad. Television is good. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” the oddball, musical technicolor-spectacle will return to television for its final bow on Friday, October 12. The CW show, an intoxicating blend of Jewish cultural references and lighthearted looks at mental…
Tan France has the best hair in the English-speaking world and soon he will have a credit on the best musical-comedy TV show. In the best collaboration since truffle oil and anything, “Queer Eye” reboot star Tan France will make his acting debut in a guest-star role on the final season of CW’s “Crazy Ex…
To borrow from another fabulous female-driven musical comedy: “Oh my god! Oh my god you guys!” In a wild (dare we say “crazy”?) turn of events, Broadway star and “Pitch Perfect” hottie Skylar Astin will star in the fourth and final season of CW’s “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” — not as a new character. As Greg. via…
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