Holy crap, I totally expected them to start making eyes at each other or something. The TLJ bit very quickly became a dead horse.

Sutton Foster is who does it for me on this show. Every word she says, every facial expression she emotes. She was brilliant in this episode, whether being forthcoming with the emotions or hiding them while they seeped out anyway.

There's a Playbill interview with Seth Rudetsky who plays the pianist at the audition Michelle goes to.

Sutton Foster actually did ballet from the age of 4 until about the age of 20 I believe. She gave a commencement speech at Ball State University and mentioned the reasons why her mom put her in classes. She mentioned elsewhere that she never went on pointe, and after so many years away from it on Broadway she has a…