The Star of the Backstage/References

== 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 .
* 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 severely hated episodes.
== 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".
*During Sasha's song, pictures of celebrities are seen. These are: Alfred Hitchcock, Stephen Sondheim, Marilyn Monroe, Mickey Rooney, Bette Midler, Elvis Presley, John Travolta, Barney Fife, Mel Brooks, Sutton Foster, Frank Sinatra, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr., Conan O'Brien, Clark Gable, Lucille Ball, Dean Martin, and Tom Hanks.
*The episode received severely negative reviews from many fans due to the mean-spirited nature and the outdated references, while some critics gave a positive rating.
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