116 Fun Facts About The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

On tour in season three, what do Midge and Joel discover the morning after a drunken night in Las Vegas?

They have remarried: Joel drops in on the Vegas leg of the tour, the exes get drunk together and wake up husband and wife again, then quickly agree to a second divorce.

Mrs. Maisel's creator says the idea came from her own childhood, when which relative worked as a stand-up comic?

Her father, Don Sherman, was a stand-up comic, so she grew up among comedians trying to make each other laugh, and she has said she knew Lenny Bruce's mother.

In which Manhattan neighbourhood is Midge living when Mrs. Maisel begins?

The Upper West Side is where Midge keeps her picture-perfect home, while the comedy happens downtown in the Village, where her husband goes by night to try stand-up.

Who gives the toast at Midge and Joel's wedding in the pilot's opening scene?

The bride herself gives the toast, because who could do it better; the story then jumps four years ahead to find her running married life with the same total control.

In the pilot, what does Midge secretly do every night once Joel has fallen asleep?

Removes her make-up: Midge waits until her husband is asleep to take it off and put in curlers, then wakes before him to redo her face so he never sees her without it.

In season three, how does Susie secretly lose all of Midge's tour earnings?

Gambling costs Susie every dollar of Midge's tour money, lost on a boxing bet; she and her sister then burn down their late mother's house to collect the insurance and repay it.

Which actress, also the voice of Lois Griffin on Family Guy, plays Midge's manager?

Alex Borstein nearly worked for the show's creator years earlier: she shot the pilot of a previous series for her, then lost the part because of her MADtv contract.

Midge's husband Joel leaves her for whom?

Joel leaves Midge for his secretary, Penny Pann, in the pilot; the affair comes out the same night his Gaslight set bombs.

Whose comedy routines does Joel Maisel copy for his own act?

Bob Newhart's routines are Joel's whole act, which Midge somehow fails to notice; she is the one with the talent, as her own impromptu set soon proves.

At which department store does Midge take a job on the make-up counter?

Midge works the make-up counter at B. Altman, a real Fifth Avenue department store that closed in 1989; exteriors were shot at its former building.

What does Abe wear for his dawn calisthenics at the family's lakeside resort in season two?

A romper: Abe slips out before dawn in a blue one-piece for his daily calisthenics, in the episode Tony Shalhoub then entered for his winning 2019 Emmy campaign.

What subject does Abe Weissman teach at Columbia University?

Mathematics is Abe's field at Columbia, a cushy tenured post he impulsively quits in season three to chase the radical politics of his youth.

Abe Weissman later becomes theatre critic for which publication?

The Village Voice makes Abe its theatre critic after he quits academia; the new career grows out of a reunion with an old playwright friend on a trip to Miami.

What second career does Midge's mother Rose Weissman take up?

Rose Weissman becomes a matchmaker, and her growing business soon puts her on a collision course with a consortium of rival New York matchmakers.

Which comic actress plays Sophie Lennon, the star whose stage act is a frumpy housewife?

Jane Lynch plays her as two women: the corny housewife on stage and, at home, a fabulously wealthy aesthete who rules a mansion full of stiff servants.

Which singer hires Midge to open for him on tour at the end of season two?

Shy Baldwin, a fictional pop singer, is so taken with Midge's off-the-cuff set that he offers her six months as his opening act, half of the dates in Europe.

Why is Midge fired from a singer's tour in season three?

She alludes to his homosexuality on stage at the Apollo, joking about his effeminate ways to win over a tough crowd, and is left behind when the tour plane leaves for Europe.

Where does Joel open his nightclub in season three?

Chinatown is where Joel opens his nightclub in season three, only to discover that his landlords run an illegal casino downstairs.

Which future Oscar nominee plays Mei Lin, the mysterious woman Joel dates?

Stephanie Hsu plays Mei Lin, who first appears as the go-between for Joel's landlords and knows far more about what goes on in his building than he does.

At which type of venue does Midge become the emcee in season four?

A burlesque club, the Wolford, takes Midge on as its comic emcee after she vows never to be an opening act again; she stays until a police raid closes the place.

In season five, Midge is hired as a writer on which late-night TV programme?

The Gordon Ford Show hires Midge as a staff writer in season five, up against a room of men; she had set her sights on it after an epiphany beneath its snowy billboard.

In the flash-forwards, why does Midge fire her manager?

Her mob ties entangled Joel in illegal activity: he had dealt with her gangster backers to protect Midge, and it ended with him serving time in prison.

Midge's brother Noah Weissman secretly works for which organisation?

The CIA employs Noah in secret, which Abe learns only after pestering his own bosses to hire his son and being told to stop talking about him.

Which actress plays Benedetta, Rose's formidable business rival, in season four?

Kelly Bishop plays Benedetta, the rival who wants Rose out of her line of work; the part reunited Bishop with the show's creator, who wrote her best-known television role.

Which This Is Us star plays Reggie, manager of the singer Midge opens for, in season three?

Sterling K. Brown plays Reggie, the singer's no-nonsense manager; the Emmy winner announced he would spend his summer break from This Is Us filming the part.

Which comedian plays a version of legendary stand-up Moms Mabley in season three?

Wanda Sykes plays Moms Mabley, sharing the Apollo bill with Midge in the season-three finale.

Which Chuck star plays Dr. Benjamin Ettenberg, the doctor Midge is briefly engaged to?

Zachary Levi plays Benjamin, a surgeon whose mother says he wants a 'weird' woman, which is why Rose spends the summer steering Midge towards him.

Which cult filmmaker made a guest appearance in season four?

John Waters plays Lazarus, a dapper stranger who tips Midge off about a hidden lesbian bar; she marches Susie there that night, and Susie is furious.

Midge makes her first TV appearance on what kind of broadcast?

A telethon gives Midge her TV debut; a vengeful rival has her bumped to the last slot of the night, but her off-the-cuff set wins her a six-month tour.

How did the release format change for season four?

Season four dropped two episodes a week over four Fridays in early 2022, whereas earlier seasons had been released all at once.

The comedy club's exterior was filmed at the East Village building pictured on which Led Zeppelin album cover?

Physical Graffiti's 1975 cover shows the tenements at 96 and 98 St. Mark's Place; the crew shot the Gaslight's exterior at number 96 because the real club was long gone.

After quitting Columbia in season three, Abe helps a group of young beatniks to launch what?

A left-wing newspaper is the beatniks' project, and Abe, who gave up a tenured post for the cause, tears into its poorly produced first issue, to his young comrades' exasperation.

Which Miami hotel appears in season three?

The Fontainebleau hosts the tour's Miami stop in season three; the production filmed at the real Miami Beach resort, where Midge and her manager are shown staying.

In season two, Midge is demoted from the make-up counter to which department-store job?

Switchboard operator is Midge's punishment after her husband's mistress calls her a tramp in front of a crowd of scandalised holiday shoppers.

Which institution acquired two Marvelous Mrs. Maisel costumes in 2019?

The Smithsonian's National Museum of American History acquired two costumes from the series in December 2019; the Paley Center also mounted a Making Maisel Marvelous exhibit that year.

Amazon's 2018 pop-up promoting Mrs. Maisel recreated which shuttered Midtown Manhattan deli?

Carnegie Deli had closed at the end of 2016; the week-long pop-up brought it back with nothing on the menu over 99 cents and every cent of the takings donated.

Police shut down part of Amazon's 2019 Emmy stunt for Mrs. Maisel when crowds rushed to buy what at 1959 prices?

Gasoline at 30 cents a gallon drew such queues to a Santa Monica station in August 2019 that police briefly closed it; hotel rooms, movie tickets and milkshakes were cut-price too.

For Mrs. Maisel, its creator was the first woman to win which two Emmys in one year?

Comedy writing and directing: she won both at the 2018 Emmys for the pilot, made before the series was even ordered, the first woman to take the pair in one year.

Before The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, creator Amy Sherman-Palladino made which long-running series?

Gilmore Girls followed a mother and daughter for seven seasons, but its creator left before the last one after contract talks with the network broke down.

Mrs. Maisel's creator got her first TV writing job on which sitcom in 1990?

Roseanne hired her as a staff writer for its third season, and she gave up a dancing career to take the job; a script of hers about birth control earned an Emmy nomination.

What is the name of the show creator's production company?

Amy Sherman-Palladino's company is Dorothy Parker Drank Here Productions, named for the Algonquin Round Table writer; it produces Maisel with Amazon Studios.

Midge's actress earned an Emmy nomination before Maisel for playing Rachel Posner in which series?

House of Cards booked her for two episodes and five lines as Rachel Posner, but the showrunner liked her work so much that the part grew into a major storyline.

Which DC Comics character did Midge's actress play in the 2025 film Superman?

Lois Lane went to Rachel Brosnahan after months of audition tapes and in-person screen tests; she and David Corenswet were announced together in June 2023.

Midge Maisel is a graduate of which women's college?

Bryn Mawr gave Midge an elite education, yet when the series opens she is content to pour it all into being the perfect housewife.

Midge's actress grew up in which Illinois town, the birthplace of the actress who plays her manager?

Highland Park, a suburb north of Chicago, was home to Midge's actress from the age of four; her on-screen manager was born there but raised elsewhere.

The actress who plays Midge's manager voiced the villain Queen Machina in which 1990s children's franchise?

Power Rangers Zeo hired her in 1996 to voice Queen Machina, ruler of the Machine Empire, a job she took while writing for a cartoon and a year before she joined MADtv.

Tony Shalhoub, who plays Midge's father Abe Weissman, is best known as which TV detective?

Adrian Monk is a San Francisco detective whose obsessive-compulsive disorder cost him his badge after his wife's murder; he keeps solving cases for the police as a consultant.

Abe Weissman's actor won a Tony Award in 2018 for which musical?

The Band's Visit cast him as the leader of an Egyptian police band that a mix-up strands overnight in a remote Israeli desert town, where the locals take the musicians in.

Michael Zegen, who plays Joel, previously appeared in which HBO period drama?

Boardwalk Empire cast Michael Zegen as the young gangster Bugsy Siegel from its second season in 2011, a far tougher customer than the hapless Joel.

Marin Hinkle, who plays Rose Weissman, spent 12 years playing Judith on which CBS sitcom?

Two and a Half Men cast Marin Hinkle as Judith, whose decision to divorce Alan sends him to live at his brother's Malibu beach house and sets up the whole sitcom.

At the 2018 Emmys, Mrs. Maisel became the first series of which kind to win Outstanding Comedy Series?

A streaming series had never taken the top comedy Emmy: for eleven years the prize had passed between just three shows, 30 Rock, Modern Family and Veep, before Amazon's newcomer broke in.

Which minor character dies offscreen in season four after the actor's real-life death?

Jackie, the Gaslight emcee, dies offscreen after actor Brian Tarantina's death in 2019; when hardly anyone attends his memorial, Susie eulogises him at a stranger's service instead.

At the start of season two, Midge's mother Rose abruptly leaves New York for which city?

Paris is where an unhappy Rose runs off to in the season-two opener, so Midge and Abe fly over to coax her home; it takes Abe a second episode there to win her round.

Whose movies partly inspired the late-1950s design of Midge and Joel's apartment?

Doris Day's films inspired the more modern look of Midge's apartment, which the crew created on the very same set as her parents' home with some redecoration.

Season three opens with Midge performing for which audience?

Army soldiers at a USO show are her first crowd as a singer's opening act, in a premiere whose long takes follow her from a Jeep into an aircraft hangar.

Besides its Emmys and Golden Globes, which honour did Mrs. Maisel's first season win in 2018?

A Peabody Award went to the first season; accepting it, the creator prodded Amazon's executives about a renewal, and a third season was announced the next day.

Which daily ritual has Midge kept up for ten years to check on her figure?

Measuring her limbs every day for ten years is how Midge makes sure she is still slim and symmetrical after two children; she has planned the rest of her life as precisely.

Which actor who guests in season four is Rachel Brosnahan's real-life husband?

Jason Ralph, who plays talent booker Mike Carr, had quietly been married to Rachel Brosnahan for years before the news got out in 2018; she confirmed it the following January.

Which TV news programme profiles the older, world-famous Midge in a season-five flash-forward?

60 Minutes sends Mike Wallace to profile a press-shy Midge in the 1980s; the segment shows she became a star with four marriages behind her, and that she and Susie are no longer friends.

Where were the interiors of the department store where Midge works actually filmed?

A disused bank in Brooklyn stood in for the sales floor, although the store's real Fifth Avenue building still stands almost unchanged and was used for the exterior shots.

What single word is on the note Midge once wrote to her future self, dug up at a college reunion?

'Don't!' is all it says, and the ambiguous warning nags at Midge until a television host's wife uses the same word to tell her not to give away the credit for her own sketch.

On which Coney Island ride does Midge's whole family have a noisy row to open season four?

The Wonder Wheel gives the premiere its title, 'Rumble on the Wonder Wheel': the whole clan, at Coney Island for Ethan's birthday party, ends up squabbling at full volume aboard the ride.

Under what title do two record-shop clerks sell a bootleg tape of Midge's first drunken set?

'Mrs. X at the Gaslight' is the label the clerks give the anonymous recording; when Joel hears it playing in their shop, the shock sends him storming out, and he quits his job.

What were the only two sandwiches on the menu at the 2018 pop-up deli?

The Maisel and The Susie were the only sandwiches at the week-long pop-up, where the menu was priced as in the show's era, so nothing on it cost more than 99 cents.

Sophie Lennon, who plays a frumpy housewife on stage, is really a drama graduate of which university?

Yale's drama school trained Sophie Lennon, a fact she hides behind a fat suit and a corny housewife act; when Midge exposes the real woman on stage, Sophie's agent has her blacklisted.

After giving up their Columbia-owned apartment, Abe and Rose move in with the Maisels in which borough?

Queens is where Moishe and Shirley have their new red-brick house; Abe and Rose bunk there once he quits the university that owned their home, and the Maisels' domestic routines soon grate on them.

Midge's jokes about cheating husbands upset which guest of honour at a season-four ladies' luncheon?

Jacqueline Kennedy is the luncheon's star guest during her husband's campaign; Midge wins the room with a clean set, then is coaxed into her cheating-husband story and upsets the candidate's wife.

Which venue does Lenny Bruce headline in Mrs. Maisel's season-four finale?

Carnegie Hall is Lenny Bruce's triumph in the finale, 'How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall?'; as at his real 1961 concert there, the sold-out show goes ahead in the middle of a blizzard.

Which Jewish holiday is Midge preparing to host in the Mrs. Maisel pilot?

Yom Kippur is the holiday Midge has planned down to landing the rabbi for her table when Joel walks out; a year later the family marks the anniversary of the split at the same holiday meal.

What does Susie name her talent agency?

Susie Myerson and Associates is a grand name for a firm that begins as Susie alone, typing her own business cards; by the flash-forwards she is a successful Hollywood manager.

In Mrs. Maisel, which character is Susie's secretary, later the main manager of her talent agency?

Dinah Rutledge is nearly fired in season four, but saves her job by introducing Susie to a promising new comic; by the flash-forwards she is the one running the agency.

What is the name of the Weissmans' maid?

Zelda finally leaves the Weissmans in season five: at her wedding to Janusz, held in their apartment, he announces mid-vows that his wife will stop working, to the family's alarm.

Which character is Midge's sister-in-law who converted to Judaism to marry Noah?

Astrid, played by Justine Lupe, converted to marry Noah and, insecure about not being born Jewish, observes every tradition obsessively.

Which powerful talent agent, played by David Paymer, has Sophie Lennon among his clients?

Harry Drake, played by David Paymer, manages Sophie Lennon and blacklists Midge from New York's clubs after she mocks Sophie on stage.

Lenny Bruce recommends Midge to replace him as which singer's opening act at the Copacabana?

Tony Bennett's Copacabana shows could have relaunched Midge, but she turns the slot down because she has sworn off opening for anyone, and Lenny Bruce scolds her for hiding from failure.

Which two low-level mob enforcers develop a friendship with Susie?

Frank and Nicky are first sent to rough Susie up over Midge's act, but they go easy on learning she comes from the Rockaways, as they do, and the three end up friends.

Under which stage name does Midge perform before she starts calling herself Mrs. Maisel?

Amanda Gleason is the alias Midge hides behind at her early club dates; in the season-one finale's last line she drops it and introduces herself as Mrs. Maisel.

Which Princess Bride star plays Gavin Hawk, Sophie Lennon's co-star in Miss Julie?

Cary Elwes plays Gavin Hawk, the renowned actor cast opposite Sophie Lennon; on opening night she freezes, slips back into her comic persona, and the play closes the next day.

Which Seinfeld star plays playwright Asher Friedman, Abe's old friend?

Jason Alexander plays Asher Friedman, a playwright blacklisted in the 1950s; Abe finds him in Florida running a beachside bait shop and writes an article about the injustice.

Alfie, the oddball client Susie signs in season four, is what kind of performer?

A magician and hypnotist, Alfie puts Rose under on stage and has her deliver, word for word, the racy act her daughter performs at night, to the horror of the whole family.

Which actress plays L. Roy Dunham, a newspaper critic reviewing Midge's career?

Hari Nef plays L. Roy Dunham, the critic who keeps panning Midge in print; Midge assumes the byline belongs to a man.

Which This Is Us actor plays Sylvio, a man Midge meets in Riverside Park in season four?

Milo Ventimiglia plays Sylvio, whose fling with Midge ends when his wife walks in; a season later he explains they were already separated, and only then does the show give him a name.

Who plays Hedy, the late-night host's wife, in Mrs. Maisel's fifth season?

Nina Arianda plays Hedy, who turns out to be the college love who broke Susie's heart; Susie reluctantly asks her for the favour that finally gets Midge in front of the cameras.

In a 1984 flash-forward, Midge's son Ethan lives on an Israeli kibbutz and is studying to become what?

A rabbi is Ethan's goal in 1984, and he is not pleased when his famous mother lands a helicopter in the kibbutz's lettuce field just to remind him to show up at a benefit.

Rachel Brosnahan was born in which Wisconsin city?

Milwaukee was Rachel Brosnahan's home only until she was four, when her family moved out of Wisconsin, so the city can claim her birth but not her upbringing.

Rachel Brosnahan is the niece of which handbag designer?

Kate Spade was born Katherine Brosnahan, the sister of Rachel's father; she put the Spade name on her handbag label in 1993, a year before she married Andy Spade and took it herself.

In the pilot, Midge wins Joel a better stage time at the Gaslight by handing over which home-cooked dish?

Brisket is the bribe that buys Joel's act a better slot; the night he bombs and walks out on her, Midge takes the same stage herself, drunk and in her nightgown, and is a hit.

In a 1981 flash-forward, Midge's daughter Esther is revealed to have grown up to become what?

A scientist of real brilliance is what the overlooked Esther becomes: in 1981 she is doing doctoral research in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and using her therapy sessions to complain about her mother.

Tony Shalhoub's breakout role was Antonio Scarpacci in which NBC sitcom?

Wings first used Tony Shalhoub as a one-off waiter in its second season; he impressed the producers so much that they brought him back as cab driver Antonio Scarpacci for the rest of the run.

Tony Shalhoub was born and raised in a Lebanese Christian household in which city?

Green Bay, Wisconsin, is where Tony Shalhoub grew up as the ninth of ten children; his acting began at six, when an older sister told him he would be in her high school's King and I.

At the Catskills resort in season two, Susie blends in with the staff by posing as what?

A plumber is Susie's cover: she follows Midge to the Catskills and, plunger in hand, passes for resort staff while she hunts for comedy gigs for her client in the area.

Michael Zegen played probationary firefighter Damien Keefe in which TV drama?

Rescue Me cast Michael Zegen as Damien Keefe, nephew of Denis Leary's Tommy Gavin; a recurring face at first, he joined the main cast once Damien trained to follow his uncle into the firehouse.

Kevin Pollak, who plays Moishe, played Sam Weinberg in which 1992 courtroom film?

A Few Good Men cast Kevin Pollak as Sam Weinberg, the cautious co-counsel who advises Tom Cruise's Kaffee not to call Colonel Jessep as a witness, the very move that breaks the case open.

Rose travels to which state in season three to ask her wealthy family for a bigger allowance?

Oklahoma is where Rose's family made its fortune in oil; refused a seat on the family board because she is a woman, she walks away from her trust fund altogether.

Midge walks out of a radio ad in season three on learning it backs which conservative activist?

Phyllis Schlafly's campaign ad pays well, but once Abe warns Midge what the candidate stands for she reads up, bails right in the studio, and Susie steps in to voice the lines herself.

Luke Kirby stars as ballet director Jack McMillan in which 2025 Palladino series?

Étoile, the Palladinos' 2025 ballet series, cast Luke Kirby as Jack McMillan; Amazon cancelled it after one season despite a two-season order.

Amy Sherman-Palladino, a trained dancer, got a callback for which musical just as her first TV writing job arrived?

Cats called Amy Sherman-Palladino back for a touring production at the very moment a sitcom offered her a staff job; she chose the writers' room and left dancing behind.

When Mrs. Maisel begins, Joel has an office job at his uncle's company in which industry?

Plastics is Joel's day job while he dreams of comedy: he is a vice president at his uncle's Tri-Borough Plastics, later quits in a fury, and ends up working at his father's garment factory instead.

Sophie Lennon's actress had her breakthrough as Sue Sylvester in which series?

Glee made her a star as Sue Sylvester, the track-suited cheerleading coach who spends the first season trying to sabotage the school's glee club; the role won her an Emmy.

For which offence was Lenny Bruce posthumously pardoned by New York in 2003?

Obscenity was the charge: undercover detectives sat in the audience for Lenny Bruce's 1964 act at a Greenwich Village club; Governor George Pataki's pardon was the first posthumous one in New York's history.

What was Lenny Bruce's birth name?

Leonard Alfred Schneider, born in Mineola on Long Island, joined the Navy at 16 and served through the Second World War; only after his discharge did he start performing and become Lenny Bruce.

In the flash-forwards, Midge calls off a lavish wedding to which real-life novelist?

Philip Roth is the groom Midge jilts, because, she says, he doesn't make her laugh; too grand by then to do it herself, she sends Susie to break the news to him.

Why did audiences at the real Gaslight Cafe snap their fingers instead of applauding?

Clapping disturbed the neighbours upstairs: air shafts carried every noise from the cellar club up into the apartments above, so audiences showed their approval by snapping instead.

Which musician's early performances at the Gaslight were released by Columbia in 2005 as a live album?

Bob Dylan's 1962 Gaslight sets were prized by fans as a bootleg for decades before Columbia released them as Live at the Gaslight 1962, sold at first only in Starbucks coffee shops.

Mei Lin ends her engagement to Joel at the start of season five to pursue which career?

Medicine wins: Mei, a medical student since season three, tells Joel she is no longer pregnant and leaves to become a doctor, and he takes it out on his club in a drunken scene that gets him beaten up.

The actress who plays Benedetta won a Tony Award for originating Sheila in which musical?

A Chorus Line grew out of taped workshop sessions with working Broadway dancers, and the actress's own past went into Sheila, the part that won her the 1976 Tony.

How does Midge make her surprise appearance at Susie's 1990 Friars Club roast?

On video: Midge, estranged from Susie for years, sends the roast a pre-recorded message praising her old manager, and by the series' final scene the two are friends again.

Liza Weil, who plays Carole Keen, is best known as which fast-talking TV overachiever?

Paris Geller began as a guest arc, written for Liza Weil after she auditioned for the lead and lost it; the role kept growing, and she stayed for all seven seasons.

Bailey De Young, who plays Imogene, first worked with Sherman-Palladino on which ABC Family series?

Bunheads cast Bailey De Young as ballet student Ginny Thompson; ABC Family cancelled it after a single season, and she later rejoined its creator to play Midge's best friend.

Sophie Lennon ends up hosting what kind of TV show in season four?

A game show, Seconds Count!, is Sophie Lennon's comeback; she hires Midge to warm up the studio audience, and the two end up trading insults in front of the crowd until Midge walks off.

Which TV quiz show do the elderly Midge and Susie watch together over the phone in Mrs. Maisel's final scene?

Jeopardy is their ritual in 2005: friends again though thousands of miles apart, Midge and Susie each play a videotaped episode at the same moment and heckle each other down the line.

In Mrs. Maisel, what is the name of Susie's sister, played by Emily Bergl?

Tessie is Susie's partner in arson: the sisters burn down their late mother's house so that Susie can collect the insurance money.

Which British royal appears as a guest on the late-night show where Midge writes in season five?

Princess Margaret is booked through the host's well-connected wife and performs a comic weather report dreamed up by Midge; the sketch is a hit with the studio audience.

The Mrs. Maisel pilot opens at Midge's wedding with the news that which non-kosher food is in the egg rolls?

Shrimp in the egg rolls is the wedding's parting shot at kosher rules; four years later, even that has not kept the rabbi from accepting a place at Midge's table.

What is the name of Sophie Lennon's acerbic butler, played by Steven Hauck?

Dawes is devoted enough to follow Sophie Lennon into the mental health facility where she lands after her Broadway flop, serving her pills there in full white tie.

Who plays Michael Kessler, Midge's lawyer and a former activist acquaintance of Abe's?

Max Casella plays Michael Kessler, Midge's high-powered lawyer; his help only goes so far, as she talks back to the judge and is jailed for contempt until she pays a $200 fine and apologizes.