Aaron Tveit on ‘Schmigadoon’, Returning to ‘Moulin Rouge’ and Wanting to Work With Denis Villeneuve
variety.comJazz Tangcay Artisans Editor Aaron Tveit has been a fixture on New York stages, appearing in shows including “Wicked,” “Next to Normal” and “Catch Me if You Can,” and he recently wrapped a second run as Christian in “Moulin Rouge!,” which bowed before the pandemic arrived and returned after Broadway reopened.
But it’s television that has been helping him most rapidly expand his repertoire. Tveit takes on a cavalcade of roles in Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!,” a parodical love letter to musicals, created by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio and starring Keegan Michael-Key and Cecily Strong as a couple working out the kinks in their relationship in a magical land populated by characters from the stage.
The series, which focused on musicals of the ’40s and ’50s in its first season, sends up shows ofthe ’60s and ’70s in its second, set in the magical land of “Schmicago.” We weren’t sure where the show would go from Season 1, because there’s a nice bow on it that closed the story.
So it’s a testament to Cinco Paul and the writers that they brilliantly take source material fromthese musicals that everyone knows and loves and honor them without making fun of them.
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