JSquared2 said: "Nycat63 said: "As long as we are (kind of) on this topic, does anyone know what the connection between the creators of The Good Wife and the Good Fight and so many Broadway actors is? Just in a few episodes of the Good Fight we've seen JCM, Anthony Rapp, Corey Cott, Kelli O'Hara, etc. and Aaron is coming up. A lot of predominantly Broadway actors appeared on the Good Wife as well, and Braindead had Aaron, Nikki M James, Traci Thoms, Megan Hilty, and Beth Malone. I'm missing many others, of course. It's great to see but I always wondered. And they tend to get meatier parts/arcs than the "victim of the week" or "witness" roles many have had in the Law & Order franchise. Anyway, just curious!"
The connection is the talent pool. Both THE GOOD WIFE and THE GOOD FIGHT were filmed in NYC --- and that's where the Broadway actors are.
Yes, I do understand that - I guess it always felt to me like there was something more to it. There are plenty of good actors in NY (granted obviously more working tv actors are based in LA), it just seemed like these particular shows not only utilized the Broadway talent pool, they really utilized them. And particularly musical theater actors (forgot to mention Alan Cumming in particular, who had a major role in Good Wife, and of course Tveit in Braindead). Other shows film in NY and don't showcase so many well-known Broadway types, so I guess I thought there some deeper connection that I was always curious about. But maybe not.
