The Star of the Backstage/References

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Cultural references

• The songs in the episode are homages to the musicals Chicago, Wicked, The Music Man and Rent.
• Franklin Chase did musicals based on The Music Man and Anything Goes.
• Marge says that in her imagination, she has the voice of a Disney Princess. Her singing voice is done by Kristen Bell, who voices Anna in Frozen.
• Bart and Lisa pull at a Bongo doll from Life in Hell.
• Helen Lovejoy says that Sasha Reed got into Juilliard School.
• In the song "Sasha is a Massive Success", Sasha Reed mentions Lin-Manuel Miranda, Patti LuPone, Sutton Foster, Glenn Close and Stephen Sondheim.
• Sasha says that Hal Prince told her that blocking was always important.
• The cast mentions The New York Times.
• In the song "Fraudway Baby", Marge sings that Sasha didn't get a callback for Hairspray.
• Sasha is a sales associate at Sephora.
• Barney resembles Freddie Mercury during the song "Never Try".
• Bart says that at the end of Rent, you get to see Mimi come back to life.

Previous Episode References

• "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy," "Lisa Goes Gaga," and "All Singing, All Dancing": The episodes are considered the lowest rated by fans, which are the most hated episodes.
• "The Was We Was": Homer and Marge are in a flashback as students of Springfield High School.
• "Puffless": Jacqueline Bouvier's house appears.
• "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson", "Judge Me Tender", Walking Big and Tall" and "Lisa with an "S"": Broadway is seen/mentioned. (Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie go to see a musical/Moe states that a singeress should be singing there due to being talented/Sideshow Mel mentions he feels like being there/Lisa and Lanley appear there in a musical number/Sasha Reed mentions she sings there)
• "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo": Barney has a facial hair. (five o'clock shadow like Homer due to pretending to be him/moustache in a fantasy while singing)

Trivia

• The episode was inspired by the Disney+ original series Encore!, hosted by Kristen Bell.
• This is the first episode to use the on-screen 20th Television Animation logo.
• This episode was originally going to be called "No Day But Yesterday".
• Upon release, the episode received bad reviews from many fans due to the mean-spirited nature, the outdated references, and lack of jokes, while critics gave a positive rating.
  • This episode is placed the second on "The 15 Worst Episodes of 'The Simpsons,' Ranked According to IMDb" on Collider.