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Article by Social Share Washington – US period drama Bridgerton has been re-imagined on the social media platform TikTok by singer Abigail Barlow. The American has started work on a musical version of Chris Van Dusen’s hit new Netflix show. So far it includes original songs based on the show. Other users can add their own verses using the app’s Duet feature. Barlow and her writing partner Emily Bear have “big dreams” of turning it into a full-scale production. “I’ve always posted my original music on TikTok so this was no different,” she explained to to BBC Radio 4’s ...

ABC Everyday The subtext of Bridgerton's season one finale feels clear: couples are happiest when they have kids, and if you don't want them there's something wrong with you, writes Christian Harimanow. ( Print text only Cancel Like 63 million other households, my wife and I finished the entire first season of Netflix's Bridgerton in a matter of days. (Heads up: this article contains spoilers.) And just like every one of those other 63 million households claim, it wasn't the raunchy sex scenes that kept us watching.  But the season finale left me disappointed. "I didn't like how easily Simo...

Abigail Barlow is using social media to work on a musical version of the Netflix period drama.

▶︎ A brash, cheerfully anachronistic hotchpotch of period drama tropes, Bridgerton is the first fruit of the substantial deal signed between Netflix and the American television drama producer Shonda Rhimes in 2017. This deal marked a break between Rhimes and ABC, for whom she made the hugely successful dramas Grey’s Anatomy (2005-), Private Practice (2007-13) and Scandal (2012-18). Along with the defection of Ryan Murphy (Nip/Tuck, Glee) from Fox to Netflix the following year, the Rhimes deal evidenced the streamer’s scorched-earth approach to taking over TV. Creator and ...

Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton book set—which takes place in London’s Regency era—is a wildly popular and mega-successful series of novels that follow the eight affluent Bridgerton siblings as they search for love and marriage. So it wasn’t a surprise when Netflix unveiled the Shonda Rhimes–produced series based on the books and it became an instant smash, reaching 63 million households in just four weeks.  Season one, like the first novel, centered on Daphne Bridgerton’s burgeoning romance with Simon, the Duke of Hastings. And if more seasons come—which ...