I completely agree with you. I enjoyed the first season for the most part- the cameos of Broadway stars were always clever, the songs usually good and well-staged, the performances funny. Now everything is just so forced. I don't care about any characters (which I barely did the first season). I don't understand why they're going out of the way to set things in Paris or Alaska. The songs are extremely unmemorable. The plot just seems to happen without anyone caring.
They really need a professional writer to work on this.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."