Your enjoyment of this episode or the show as a whole is going to largely depend on your enjoyment of Broadway. The first season was delightful, I found the subplot with Aaron Tveit and the references to Carousel particularly funny, but this season deals with probably my favorite era of musicals, and this episode jam packs references to Hair, Godspell, Grease, Chicago, Chorus Line, Company, Annie, Jesus Christ Superstar, and probably most importantly Sweeney Todd. Alan Cumming and Kirstin Chenoweth as the Sweeney and Lovett stand ins and Patrick Page as the Judge Turpin are providing most of the laughs, especially Patrick Page whipping himself as a reference to the Judge's cut number from Sweeney. I think any theatre fan can call who The Butcher's wife is gonna be and that she is still alive (I'LL DRINK TO THAT). I can absolutely see how this show is just not gonna be it for anyone who hates musicals, but also it's perfectly okay to just not review it and move along, this show has a niche audience and I'm one of them and loving it.
Review of Bells and Whistles
