Rachel Brosnahan plays a 1950s housewife who ends up divorced and pursuing a career in stand-up comedy in the new Amazon series “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” Photo courtesy of Amazon Studios Amazon Prime has a special Hanukkah delivery for fans of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.” The Emmy Award-winning series’ highly anticipated second season has been set to premiere Dec. 5.
Talking about the title character played by Rachel Brosnahan, an Amazon press release sets the scene: “After Midge’s triumph at the Gaslight, the fallout from her takedown of Sophie Lennon looms large, making her climb up the comedy ladder more challenging than ever. As the actual grind of being a comic begins to take its toll on Midge, the pressure to come clean to her family weighs on her – especially as her choices have a ripple effect on everyone around her.”
“We go to Paris and we also spend time in the Catskills – there’s a lot of traveling this season,” Brosnahan said on a recent promotional trip to London. “I’m looking forward to showing our audience more of our world. Throughout that world expansion, you get to know a lot about the other characters on the show. We got to spend a lot more time shooting as an ensemble this season.”
She also shared a comment from “Maisel” fan Steven Spielberg, who called the show “the best Jewish musical since ‘Fiddler on the Roof.’”
Brosnahan is lending her voice to the climate change documentary “Paris to Pittsburgh,” which premieres on National Geographic Dec. 12.
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