Bunheads -2012- -

: Michelle Simms ( Sutton Foster ), a frustrated Las Vegas showgirl, impulsively marries a man and moves to his quiet coastal town in California. After a sudden tragedy, she finds herself teaching alongside her formidable mother-in-law, Fanny Flowers ( Kelly Bishop ), at a local ballet school.

Sherman-Palladino has admitted that the rapid-fire, period-tinged dialogue and the focus on a flawed female performer in Maisel owe a debt to Bunheads . You can see Michelle Simms in Midge Maisel’s desperation and wit. Bunheads -2012-