Having finished binges of both Parks and Rec (yes, I know I was late to the game) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, husband and I were pondering what series to tackle next. I threw out Russian Doll, and we watched the first episode . . . and then proceeded to finish the entire show in one night. Here’s why you should add it to your queue right this minute . . .
After calling some of the companies who were previously interested in a Luke Cage endorsement (BEFORE he got his butt whooped by Bushmaster, of course), he realizes that he might need to cash in on some of his superhero fame. Foggy says he has an appearance opportunity for him – it turns out it’s Piranha, Mariah’s money man, who is more than willing to pay big bucks to get Luke to attend one of his parties.
In addition to thinking how weird it must be to film smoochy scenes with your ex (they used to be married!), I was appreciating that I was watching two Broadway POWERHOUSES in a show on TV Land. Sutton Foster, of course, received two Tony awards (for Thoroughly Modern Millie and Anything Goes) before starring in Bunheads (man, I miss that show) and then moving onto Younger, and Christian Borle was the original Emmett in Legally Blonde the musical (he then starred in Smash, which I still maintain was underappreciated).
It got me thinking – a LOT of my favorite TV and movie actors got their start in the theater. Such as . . .
