Old Broadway pizazz collides with 2021 in 'Schmigadoon!'

A pair of modern-day hikers step out of the woods and into a town where they are greeted by something strange: Suspiciously friendly residents who burst into a high-kicking, knee-slapping group welcome song

NEW YORK -- A pair of modern-day hikers step out of the woods and into a town where they are greeted by something strange: Suspiciously friendly residents who burst into a high-kicking, knee-slapping group welcome song. “What is this and why is music coming from everywhere?” says one of the hikers in disbelief. “It’s like if ‘The Walking Dead’ was also ‘Glee.’” So starts the charming, genre-bending Apple TV+ comedy “Schmigadoon!,” which combines Cecily Strong with Keegan-Michael Key and finds hilarity in the clash between modern sensibilities and classic Broadway musical theater norms. “This is not a show that is only for musical audiences. I love that it is for musical audiences so much, but I think it’s special and I think it’s genuinely very funny and I think it’s genuinely very sweet,” says Strong. “In that way, I think it’s kind of can be for everybody.”