This 10-episode Apple TV+ show, produced by „Saturday Night Live“ patriarch Lorne Michaels, is a play of old musicals, starring Cecily Strong and Keegan-Michael Key.
Produced by „Saturday Night Live“ patriarch Lorne Michaels‘ company, the premise (like the title) is a play off „Brigadoon,“ where Gene Kelly and Van Johnson stumbled upon a magical village. Here, it’s a pair of lovers, Melissa („SNL’s“ Cecily Strong) and Josh ( Keegan-Michael Key), who inadvertently enter a throwback village, discovering that the only way they can cross the bridge back to their reality is with their one true love, leading to a bit of shock when the magic doesn’t work for the two of them together. What unfolds, then, is a series of encounters designed to test the couple’s ties — and whether their destined partner might actually be one of Schmigadoon’s colorfully clad residents — augmented by an array of high-spirited numbers and knowing asides. For starters, the absence of gay characters in old musicals is amusingly addressed.
