Mae Whitman channels inner Crazy Ex-Girlfriend in the trailer for rom-com musical Up Here
The musical rom-com series comes from the twisted minds that brought you Hamilton, Tick, Tick…Boom, Book Of Mormon, and Dear Evan Hansen
TV News Rom
Hulu’s once again trying to trick audiences into watching a dang rom-com. While other studios have tried couching the genre everyone’s always eager to save in action comedies and celebrity vacation videos, Hulu’s been craftier. Following the success of the tricksy time-loop comedy, Palm Springs, the streamer that Disney seems desperate to offload has put together Up Here, a musical rom-com from some of the biggest names in the game.
Set in 1999, Up Here stars Mae Whitman (her?) as Lindsey, an aspiring writer who wants to ditch her loser boyfriend and move to New York before that pesky Y2K bug wipes out her story ideas. However, with the year 2000 quickly approaching, the parental voices in her head pressure Lindsey to make safe decisions. So when she meets Miguel (Carlos Valdes), who has the same inner voice dilemma, her world turns into a glorious rom-com musical that better end with these two people kissing. It’s the least the show can do for those people who can’t stand P.D.A. in movies or on television. Close your eyes, you prudes!
Up Here certainly has bona fides, with an absolute murderer’s row of modern musical talent. With songs by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the couple behind all those songs from Frozen and Coco parents are tired of, and scripts by Steven Levenson (Tick, Tick…Boom, Dear Evan Hanson) and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (The Grinder), Up Here also boasts Thomas Kail, the director of Hamilton. Plus, the great John Hodgman will lend his dulcet tones to the series, which should please Coraline fans worldwide.
All episodes of Up Here premiere on Hulu on March 24.
12 Comments
Her?
What is she funny or something?
Well done
just rewatched Crazy Ex-Gf and fuck that show is good and big hearted.You got big shoes Egg!
I actually have BPD and I had a serious moment when Rebecca Bunch was diagnosed with BPD. I’m justing saying. Representation/visibility is really cool. *gives death stare to anyone who thinks The Last Of Us is shoving a narrative down their throats – go rot in hell*
I was explaining to my father this morning, representation in film and TV is really cool. As white men we’re forgived for not noticing this because rogue-ish white dudes have been the stars of action films since the day I was born. It’s a good reminder to anyone who detests this concept “go fuck yourself”.
I actually have BPDThis… explains a lot….I’ll try to keep that in mind when reading your future comments.
CEXGF is pretty close to the best possible version of this concept that I can imagine happening, and it got primetime ratings that routinely put it at last place on the CW, which means that it might as well have been four high-school students broadcasting from a broom closet by traditional network standards. I’m frankly shocked that even Hulu wants a piece of that action, but I’m glad they do!
If this ISN’T an article explaining to me Rachel Bloom’s rise in fame than I really really do not care.
Oh hey, Andrea Burns! She’s really good!
The “twisted minds” behind Hamilton and Tick tick boom? Super weird framing as neither of those are “twisted” in any way, but ok.
Mae and Carlos are super great in my opinion so even though I’m not into any of the stuff the people behind the scenes have done, I still stan this.
This sounds great and I can’t wait to see it, but I want to know when Schmigadoon’s second season is going to air
Fake edit: Ah, April 5th. So that’s cool.