Get a sneak peek of season three of the Emmy-winning series The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (on Amazon Prime Dec. 6) in a new issue of Parade, featuring exclusive interviews with Rachel Brosnahan and creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.
Light and bright. “Our show is so hopeful,” says Brosnahan of the critically acclaimed and award-winning period comedy about “Midge” Maisel, a Manhattan housewife who discovers she has a knack for stand-up comedy in the late 1950s. “It’s colorful, it’s light and it makes people feel good.”
Fashion forward. Fans also love the show’s eye-popping fashions and vibrant styling details, from dresses and hats to shoes and makeup. “It’s about the spirit of the time period,” says production designer Bill Groom, who won four Emmys for his work on Boardwalk Empire. This season, as the setting changes when the characters take a trip to sunny Miami, the style palette also gets a makeover. Some of the scenes were shot at the world-famous Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, which was partially redecorated with era-appropriate furniture, statues and lamps.
Hoofing it. This season, just like Ann-Margret, Bob Hope, Nancy Sinatra and many other stars of the period, Midge will take her talent to the USO—as part of a troupe of tap dancers.
Look who’s back! Jane Lynch returns to her Emmy-winning role as comedian Sophie Lennon, a competitor to Midge. This season, Midge’s father, Abe (Tony Shalhoub), will leave his position at Columbia University and move out of his gorgeous Upper West Side apartment. And you’ll have to wait and watch to see just what happens with a new character played by mystery man Sterling K. Brown!
For more about the Marvelous World of Mrs. Maisel, see this week’s Parade or go to Parade.com.
To party like it’s 1959 with recipes for a smashing Midge Maisel-style event, go to Parade.com/midge.