Up Here

Name: Up Here
Genre: Comedy, Music
Released: March 24, 2023
Rating: 58

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HULU | Release Date: March 24, 2023

Summary: Set in New York City during the last days of 1999, Lindsay (Mae Whitman) and Miguel (Carlos Valdes) meet and fall in love in the musical comedy series from Steven Levenson, Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, and Robert Lopez.

Genre(s): Comedy, Music

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S1:E8. Y2K
Air Date: March 24, 2023
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S1:E7. Baggage
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S1:E6. Armor
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RogerEbert.com Cristina Escobar

Mar 20, 2023

Season 1 Review: As the show progresses, we get to know him [Miguel] and Lindsay better so that by the third episode of the season, they feel more like people than the types we met in the pilot. The songs also get better, no longer so achingly earnest and striving but rather expressing real human experiences. ... By the time Lindsay and Miguel celebrate the turn of the millennium in the finale, “Up Here” had fully captured me. Read full review

Judy Berman

Mar 24, 2023

Season 1 Review: Infuses the magic of Broadway into what might otherwise have been a mundane romantic comedy. Read full review

Joel Keller

Mar 24, 2023

Season 1 Review: Up Here certainly has the pedigree to be a good musical rom-com. But Whitman and Valdes elevate what is already good material by just being so damned cute together. Read full review

David Cote

Mar 16, 2023

Season 1 Review: The struggle to be true to yourself while reinventing yourself: a potentially rich theme. ... But the emotional journey there is more cloying than moving. Lindsay and Miguel break up and reconcile repeatedly. If you bail on this relationship halfway through, it’s unlikely you’ll come crawling back. Read full review

Brian Lowry

Mar 24, 2023

Season 1 Review: Blessed with an A-plus creative pedigree that includes the director of “Hamilton,” writer of “Tick, Tick … Boom!” and songwriters behind “Frozen,” “Up Here” joins the growing list of musical series, in what amounts to a young-adult version of “Inside Out.” The show, however, isn’t as good as its auspices, and the music can’t mask the thinness of the story, translating into a pretty flat episodic rom-com, just with a better-than-average beat. Read full review

Matthew Gilbert

Mar 22, 2023

Season 1 Review: I wish the story line were a little less predictable and trite, as the pair fall apart and get together a few times. Whitman and Valdes are charming enough, but they’re caught in a will-they-or-won’t-they situation that has nothing fresh to offer and songs that too-often fail to rouse or move. Read full review

The Daily Beast Fletcher Peters

Mar 22, 2023

Season 1 Review: A dismally boring musical romantic comedy that takes place in late 1990s New York. Read full review

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Harobed427

Mar 31, 2023

I thought the series was cute and very ordinary but the music was outstanding..the leads had good chemistry and very good voices.

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TVJerry

Mar 26, 2023

This book for this musical was written by Steven Levenson (best known for Dear Evan Hanson) and the songs were composed by the team that wrote Frozen and Frozen II (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez). The first 2 eps were directed by Thomas Kail, director of Hamilton. With thisThis book for this musical was written by Steven Levenson (best known for Dear Evan Hanson) and the songs were composed by the team that wrote Frozen and Frozen II (Robert Lopez & Kristen Anderson-Lopez). The first 2 eps were directed by Thomas Kail, director of Hamilton. With this high-powered team, you'd expect something fresh and fun, but what you get is a rather mundane, traditional romcom. Mae Whitman plays an aspiring writer who moves to New York, where she meets an investment banker (Carlos Valdes). During the 8 eps, they go in and out of love/relationship and that's pretty much the plot. Meanwhile, there's a "chorus" of voices from their family and friends who chime in with regular disparaging comments and negative thoughts. The 2 leads are "regular" types but not especially exceptional. Even so, the songs are tuneful and the staging of the numbers features fair choreography. Essentially, this could have been made 20 years ago, because, despite the pedigree, there's nothing special or innovative in this production.… Expand

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Seasons & Episodes

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Series Overview
Season 1

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- Season 1 Overview
  Air Date: March 24, 2023
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  S1:E8. Y2K
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  S1:E7. Baggage
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  S1:E6. Armor
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  S1:E5. Labels
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  S1:E4. Special
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  S1:E3. Signs
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  S1:E2. Miguel
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  S1:E1. Lindsay
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