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American Classic is about Broadway star Richard Bean. After receiving a terrible review, he runs back to his hometown to try to save his family theatre. There he gets to mentor his niece, Miranda, who wants to skip college to pursue acting and try to make amends with his brother, Jon, who he has a tense relationship with.

American Classic stars Kevin Kline, Laura Linney, Jon Tenney, Len Cariou, Nell Verlaque, Jessica Hecht, Tony Shalhoub, Ajay Friese, Billy Carter, Stephen Spinella, Aaron Tveit, Jane Alexander, Elise Kibler, and Mark Linn-Baker.

I talked to Jon Tenny, who plays Jon Bean, about why Jon didn’t focus on acting like the rest of the family. I asked Nell Verlaque, who plays Miranda Bean, about Miranda’s feelings about her dedicated high school boyfriend Randall and why she decided to focus on acting instead of singing.

American Classic airs Sundays on MGM +.