I've seen 'Etoile' season 1 — and it's like 'Bunheads' meets 'Marvelous Mrs. Maisel'

As much as I love creator Amy Sherman-Palladino’s acclaimed, successful shows “Gilmore Girls” and “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” I’m especially partial to her short-lived ABC Family series “Bunheads,” which premiered in between those two major hits and lasted only a single season.With their new Prime Video dramedy “Étoile," Sherman-Palladino and her husband and regular collaborator Daniel Palladino return to the “Bunheads” world of ballet dancers, while raising the stakes from a small-town studio to two of the most prestigious ballet companies in the world.Sherman-Palladino is a classically trained dancer who nearly pursued her own professional career, and anyone who watched “Bunheads” knows that she has great affection for the art form of ballet. “Étoile” takes that to another level, bringing in the sweeping showbiz drama of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” alongside Sherman-Palladino’s signature rapid-fire humor and quirky characters.It’s not the revival of “Bunheads” that I may have hoped...