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Film & TV News Series Finale of CW's Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Will Be Followed by Musical Special The concert will air April 5 following the final scripted episode.
By Andrew Gans
February 01, 2019
Rachel Bloom Greg Gayne/The CW

On April 5 CW’s critically acclaimed series Crazy Ex-Girlfriend will conclude in a musical way.

Following the 8 PM scripted episode, Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna’s series will offer a musical special entitled Yes, It's Really Us Singing: The Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Concert Special!

In a statement, series co-creator and show runner McKenna said, "The songwriters of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, Rachel Bloom, Jack Dolgen, and Adam Schlesinger, have written more than 150 outstanding songs in our four seasons. It is an unprecedented contribution to the American songbook. I'm so thrilled we can share those songs with the world in a spontaneous format that really showcases their humor and genius."

The special, which will film in Los Angeles in March, is described as “equal parts concert special, rock concert and musical revue.” TV watchers can expect live versions of favorite songs featuring a live band and orchestra.

The series stars Golden Globe winner Bloom as Rebecca Bunch, a young attorney who abandons her dreary career in pursuit of her ex-boyfriend in West Covina, California. The show won two Emmy Awards in its second season for Outstanding Choreography and Outstanding Single Camera Picture Editing for a Comedy Series.

Read: HOW RACHEL BLOOM MADE A MUSICAL COMEDY THE BEST TV SHOW OF 2016

Bloom heads a cast that currently includes Vincent Rodriguez III, Donna Lynne Champlin, Pete Gardner, Vella Lovell, Scott Michael Foster, Skylar Astin, and Gabrielle Ruiz.

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Spend the Day Filming Crazy Ex-Girlfriend With Donna Lynne Champlin

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Spend the Day Filming Crazy Ex-Girlfriend With Donna Lynne Champlin

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Wake up at 3:30am. Brush teeth. Drive to the set for a 4:30am call. Find coffee machine. It looks a lot like this:
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4:30am into hair and makeup
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Season Two trailer found. Excited to see TV’s Pete Gardner in a few hours!!!
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My trailer sign (courtesy of the CEG crew) gently mocks my sensitivity to leaving the “e” off of my middle name while simultaneously starting a sign war they CANNOT FINISH!!! OH IT’S ON, Lexi Colwell and the CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND CREW. IT IS ON!
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My awesome hair mistress, Nani.
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Sometimes Nani forgets that I’m playing Paula and not The Heat Meiser.
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Pre-makeup Superhero, eye-bag, TWINSIES with Rachel Bloom.
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My gorgeous makeup sorceress, Laura.
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Some of my jewelry for today, courtesy of our Costume Designer Melina Root. Owls are a running theme in our show…Our showrunner/co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna loves them.
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Ready to go on set for rehearsal!
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Sadly it doesn’t take me long to look like this: It was especially windy today.
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…so then this happens. It’s like having a personal NASCAR Pit Crew.
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Two of my favorite people ever. Someone should tell them that big light is eavesdropping.
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It’s always fun to open Paula’s paralegal portfolio and see analyze her previous state of mind according to my doodles. I’m 50/50 as to whether this is two people watching a monster movie with a film projector down on the right? Or two people having a romantic moment on a bench until one of them explodes into a huge monster. Regardless, it’s safe to say Paula was having a bad day. What do you think?
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THE FOREST work begins for my Episode 2 musical number. ALL OF THIS greenery was REAL. Nothing was plastic.
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In between scenes, I go to hair to do a test for my “princess” extensions.
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We also do a Princess nail polish test.
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On a quick break, I go back to the ever growing forest to rehearse my musical number on my own.
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At the lunch hour table read, we have three special guests: Kathryn Burns and Kabir Ahktar’s Emmys from Season One, and my husband who is guest starring!
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In case anyone wondered what kind of books Rebecca likes to read.
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Or what one of Heather’s (fake) tattoos looks like. I took this because my son loves the Loch Ness Monster….and Vella Lovell.
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Camera B in between shots.
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Home Base also doubles as a “green room” sometimes when it’s not in use.
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Rachel Bloom. Our fearless leader, in her natural habitat.
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Time for a snack at “crafty” aka Craft Services.
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My son Charlie loves to make cupcakes for the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend crew., so I set them out at crafty.
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I take a moment to skype with my son, who’s favorite thing about coming to visit me on set is the trailer.
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I work on the vocals for an upcoming song record on my portable keyboard which I love.
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A little TV magic….when you need it to be “nighttime”, you just pull this big blue curtain all around the set.
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Pretty cool, right?
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I take selfies and send them to my husband to chronical a long day. This is still early in the evening., as evidenced by my being not pretending to be asleep.
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It’s late but I make it home just in time to give my little guy a squeeze and put him to bed.
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