Jane Krakowski swings from a trapeze, does tricks on roller skates, and lands perfect splits in the latest episode of “Schmigadoon!” The Tony-winning star tells Daily Beast's Obsessed how she pulled it all off, “I’ve exhausted my special skills résumé.'
. The worlds of those productions shouldn’t make sense together. Thanks to showrunner and music writer Cinco Paul, they somehow do—and, as Krakowski’s number in Episode 3 proves, ingeniously so.
“When we heard that we were doing Schmicago, you can't help but think, which part will Cinco write for me in this season?” Krakowski says. Broadway obsessives would have likely fancast the star as Roxie Hart, a role anyone familiar with Krakowski’s talents knows she’s practically born to play. Subverting that expectation by instead making herOne of those Broadway obsessives himself, Paul knew what he was doing when he wrote Krakowski this role.
What did it take to pull all that off? “Obviously, I’m a human miracle,” Bobbie says in the episode—something that’s hard to dispute about Krakowski herself. In a conversation with Obsessed, Krakowski broke down the big number, its myriad musical theater references, and why she’ll keep coming back for as many seasons ofI was thrilled that Cinco always had it in mind thatwould be Act 2. These are the decades that I grew up watching and that influenced me so heavily. Especially the female leads of the musicals of the time: the Fosse women, Gwen Verndon and Chita Rivera;; Ann Reinking. All these women that were not the ingenues, who were quirky.
In Season 1, the music, characters, and shows referenced all had the same style of music and costumes. But this season, with Schmicago, it’s
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