In just four days, the whole returning cast—Levy, Astin, Gallagher, Alex Newell, John Clarence Stewart, Andrew Leeds, Alice Lee, Michael Thomas Grant, Kapil Talwalkar, Mary Steenburgen and Bernadette Peters—had to prep musical numbers, choreography and a set deck before starting production.
“It was a little bit more of a sprint than the usual marathon,” Astin quipped. “The fact that we got to sit down and make one long story and know that there was an end made it very manageable psychically for us, especially Jane who is in every single number. She’s just the busiest person on the planet when shooting this show, so I know for her, shooting a movie was in a weird way easier.”
