Frozen song book series#
Much of that unfolds via song, while shrewdly incorporating supporting players with strong musical-theater credentials like Brian Stokes Mitchell to augment those performances.ĭecades after “Cop Rock” became (unfairly) synonymous with disaster, it’s nice to see musical series becoming more regular TV fixtures thanks in part to streaming, whether that’s Apple TV+’s “Schmigadoon!” (which will receive an encore in April) or the upcoming “Grease” prequel. Set in 1999 on the verge of the new century, the show certainly has a write-what-you-know feel to it, as Lindsay and Miguel, each sweetly vulnerable, must work through their respective baggage if their relationship is going to have any chance.
On the subject of impure thoughts, for example, the little voice represented by Lindsay’s mom (Katie Finneran) tells her, “You keep those things up here in your head where nobody else can see them.”Ĭarlos Valdes and Scott Porter perform a musical number in "Up Here." Sarah Shatz/Hulu
The gimmick is that the audience is privy to both central characters’ innermost thoughts, as they interact with a trio of figures from their pasts (including her parents and a school friend, and his mom and his girlfriend’s lover) to give voice to their insecurities. The setbacks come fast and hard, but there’s at least a ray of personal hope when she meets an investment banker, Miguel (“The Flash’s” Carlos Valdes), himself recovering from a bad breakup having walked in on his girlfriend with another guy. Blessed with an A-plus creative pedigree that includes the director of “Hamilton,” writer of “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and songwriters behind “Frozen,” “Up Here” joins the growing list of musical series, in what amounts to a young-adult version of “Inside Out.” The show, however, isn’t as good as its auspices, and the music can’t mask the thinness of the story, translating into a pretty flat episodic rom-com, just with a better-than-average beat.Īdapted from the musical by the husband-and-wife team of Robert Lopez (a member of the exclusive EGOT club) and Kristen Anderson-Lopez (in addition to “Frozen,” known for “The Book of Mormon”), collaborating with director Thomas Kail and writer Stephen Levenson, the series features an aspiring writer, Lindsay (Mae Whitman), chucking it all, including her caricature of a boyfriend, to see if she can make it as a writer in New York.
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