Prior to Bunheads, you worked with Sutton Foster (Michelle) on stage in Anything Goes. Could talk about the relationship that the two of you have?

Kelly Bishop: When we did Anything Goes, she had been a big Gilmore Girls fan. She told me when I joined the company. However, in that show, our characters really did not interact at all. I mean, the only time I really talked to her was as she was passing by my dressing room on her way to her first entrance. She’s so fabulous anyway. We all know that she’s hugely talented, but she’s really a sweet, good lady anyway. So we are having so much working together; it’s ridiculous. When we were sitting at the bar [in the Pilot episode] and I’m grilling her, we’re tossing back those drinks and I’m trying to figure out who she is. At one point, Amy was directing that one and she said, “The fondness that you two have for each other has started to come through here.” She said, “Cut that off and just … now.” We are just having so much fun just playing together! I just think she’s a terrific talent, but she also brings that theatre discipline to the set, which is something that I enjoyed when we were doing Gilmore Girls. We’re ready, willing and able to get going as soon as it’s time to work, and Sutton just brings that right along with her and she’s a joy.