In its third season, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is as charming as ever, in her stride, performing stand up for the troops. In the episode shown at the premiere this week at MoMA, Mrs. Maisel greets a sea of men commenting on never having seen this much khaki before. In the military of course, clothes do not make the man, but for Midge, clad in a cocktail frock with just enough flesh tones visible, camouflage, and other earth tones become the butt of humor as she turns her back to show a bright red bow. A funny bit yes! The four hundred extras laugh uproariously.

The show continues with a Shirelles-type girl group, and a Johnny Mathis-style front man in a shark skin, skin-tight suit. The sound is familiar if you remember 1960, and Nat King Cole and the period hits. As we moved to the after party at the Plaza Hotel, we met composer Curtis Moore and his writing partner Thomas Mizer who crafted this sound for the show. Detail perfection, which we’ve come to expect from this hit, extends to its every aspect! When Amy Sherman-Palladino introduced, calling their work genius, she laughed at her hyperbole—but, we are now witnessing the smooth operations of a well-oiled machine.

Award winning costume designer Donna Zakowska searched the Plaza for the glass cases where her dresses and hats for Midge were exhibited. Her husband Roman Paska, an artist and puppeteer, said that they were all going to the Smithsonian next week, for a ceremony celebrating Zakowska’s work to be archived there. “Donna’s been doing great work for decades,” he said, “but with this show her career has exploded–and the costumes are very American.”

Everyone exulted: Michael Zegen says he is taking his 4-month break to do off-Broadway based on Bob, Carol, Ted, and Alice, the Paul Mazursky movie, for the Signature Theater. Tony Shalhoub with his wife Brooke Adams took in the Miami-themed Palm Court. As Midge’s dad, Shalhoub ends up in a jail cell with Lenny Bruce. Don’t ask! And there’s a nice shout out to Jack Kerouac and his On the Road, but our Mrs. Maisel says she does not read. “That does not make sense,” said Rachel Brosnahan, indignant about this script glitch: “I majored in Russian literature!” She paused to take pictures with her family, wearing a shimmering pink tight-legged pants suit. “Donna’s?” I guessed. “No, but it could be, right? The designer is here. It’s Christian Siriano.”