Making An Hour-Long Musical Every Week On A TV Schedule

“‘The development process for stage musicals is years and years to get 12 or 15 songs onstage,’ he says. With ‘Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,’ the team ‘sometimes have just a few days to write 2-3 new ones.’ That’s fine with him, as his philosophy is that ‘all creative work takes exactly as long as the amount of time you’re given. It’s amazing how much you can get done if you have to.'”