- Radio Times
- Review by:
- Patrick Mulkern
They’re a mucky lot, these show people. Dirty Derek (Jack Davenport) is all over Ivy like a tramp on a kipper – and now she’s worried she only got the part of Marilyn because she did the deed with the director. And Julia reveals she once had more than a “show crush” on the hunk now cast as Joe DiMaggio.
There's little improvement on the previous flaccid episode. The musical numbers look underfunded, and the dialogue is excruciating. Sample: philandering Jerry tells wife Eileen he’s bored with his blondes. “They all blend together. You never do.” So, she doesn’t “blend together”. That’s nice. He’s earning all the Manhattans Anjelica Huston can chuck at him.
About this programme
3/15. The producers line up Broadway star Michael Swift to take the role of Joe DiMaggio, but Julia has a very personal reason for wanting someone else to get the part instead. Karen heads back home to Iowa for a baby shower, Ivy fears she owes her success to something other than talent, and Ellis's friends think he is not getting the credit he deserves - so he concocts a plan to strengthen his position.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Julia Houston
- Debra Messing
- Derek Wills
- Jack Davenport
- Michael Swift
- Will Chase
- Karen Cartwright
- Katharine McPhee
- Ivy Lynn
- Megan Hilty
- Eileen Rand
- Anjelica Huston
- Tom Levitt
- Christian Borle
- Dev Sundaram
- Raza Jaffrey
- Frank Houston
- Brian d'Arcy James
- Leo Houston
- Emory Cohen
- Ellis Boyd
- Jaime Cepero
- Roger Cartwright
- Dylan Baker
- Mrs Cartwright
- Becky Ann Baker
- Jerry Rand
- Michael Cristofer
- Dennis
- Phillip Spaeth
- Ralph Masius
- Lewis J Stadlen
- Monica Swift
- Michelle Federer
- Artie Swift
- Blake Johnson
- Moira
- Finnerty Steeves
Crew
- Director
- Michael Mayer
- Writer
- Theresa Rebeck
- Writer
- Scott Burkhardt
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