For Amy Sherman-Palladino, life is a musical comedy.

Or at least, she wishes it was. The creator of Gilmore Girls and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has earned quite the reputation as a writer of fast-talking, hyper-intelligent women — and for telling unique, hilarious stories of their hopes, dreams, and inner lives. But for the daughter of a comic and a dancer, it all goes back to the Borscht Belt and the golden age of musicals.