While Season 5 is the last for "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel," some of its stars hope that it will head to Broadway. Alex Borstein ("Family Guy"), for one, went on record about her enthusiasm for the idea to Entertainment Weekly, stating, "I've told [executive producers] Amy [Sherman-Palladino] and Dan [Palladino], 'If you guys do a 'Maisel' musical, I'm there in a heartbeat.' ... Every time Midge gets up and does stand-up, it's almost like a musical number. It's like breaking away for a moment but instead of song, it's comedy. It really feels like it has the shape of that in its bones."
Rachel Brosnahan echoed her enthusiasm but noted that Tony Award-winner Laura Benanti should play the title role. "I can sing a little bit, but not enough to sing 'Mrs. Maisel' the musical," she said. Brosnahan does have Broadway credits to her name, though, performing in revivals of the plays "The Big Knife" and "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window."
Sherman-Palladino continues to pull from the theater world by choosing Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore to compose and write the show's original songs. Moore has several Broadway credits, including his role as an associate composer in the 2013 revival of "Macbeth." He and Mizer told Broadway World that they give the Palladinos plenty of musical options and submit at least one verse and chorus for each song that they propose.
"And that way, it's quicker for them to grab onto something, instead of just notes going back and forth," said Mizer.
