‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ Season 5 Adds Darren Criss, Hank Azaria and Sutton Foster

Darren Criss
Darren Criss guest stars in ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ (Photo Credit: Tony Moux for Onekind)

The fifth and final season of Prime Video’s critically acclaimed The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel will feature guest starring appearances by Darren Criss (The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story), Hank Azaria (Brockmire), two-time Tony Award winner Sutton Foster (The Music Man), Danny Strong (creator and showrunner of Dopesick), and Sean Gunn (the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise). In addition, David Paymer will return for the final season as Harry Drake.

Emmy winner Rachel Brosnahan leads the cast in the title role. Four-time Emmy winner Tony Shalhoub is Abe Weissman, three-time Emmy winner Alex Borstein is Susie Myerson, Emmy nominee Marin Hinkle is Rose Weissman, and Michael Zegen stars as Joel Maisel. The cast also includes Kevin Pollak, Caroline Aaron, SAG Award winner Reid Scott, Alfie Fuller, and Jason Ralph.

The final season premieres on April 14, 2023 with the release of the first three episodes. New episodes arrive on Fridays leading up to the May 26 series finale.

Amy Sherman-Palladino created the series and serves as writer, director, and executive producer along with Daniel Palladino. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel has earned 20 Emmys, six Critics Choice Awards, and four Screen Actors Guild Awards over its previous four seasons.

Prime Video provided this very brief synopsis of season five:

“In the fifth and final season, Midge finds herself closer than ever to the success she’s dreamed of, only to discover that closer than ever is still so far away.”