Carly Mallenbaum

USA TODAY

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, the musical comedy series about a girl moving to West Covina for love, stars plenty of theater actors. Rachel Bloom (Rebecca) studied musical theater, Donna Lynne Champlin (Paula) is a Drama Desk Award winner, Santino Fontana (Greg) is a Tony Award nominee, Vincent Rodriguez III is a musical vet, etc.

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So it seems a live musical episode would be a natural fit for the show, right?

At the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Emmy For Your Consideration event Thursday in North Hollywood, moderator Patton Oswalt brought that question to the cast: Is there a live show on the way?

Well, no. Not yet.

But Bloom "would love to do a live episode. Great idea. I will get on that," she said. Show co-creator Aline Brosh McKenna was also interested. The Broadway actors "could do it in their sleep," she reasoned.

Here are a few other tidbits we gleaned:

The 'Crazy Ex' co-creators were inspired by the West Covina Mall.

Bloom and McKenna made a trip to the mall to get a feel for the place. It turns out "the West Covina Mall is the best mall," according to Bloom. And since the writers saw that the town was "minority white," said McKenna, that informed their writing, which features an Asian man as the heartthrob Josh (Vincent Rodriguez III).

Speaking of Josh...

Rodriguez said he goes back to teach at his old dance school (in "the West Covina of San Francisco") and many students' parents come up to him for selfies, because they watch the show with their daughters. I'm proud of the show, because "I didn't see a Josh character on TV growing up," he said.

Bloom's iPhone-recorded singing leads to songs.

Some of the music that made it on the show began as little ditties Bloom recorded on her iPhone and then sent to executive music producer Adam Schlesinger. In fact, there are bonus tracks on the first show album of Bloom's iPhone recordings.

Showtime passed on Crazy Ex-Girlfriend right before Bloom's wedding.

Before The CW picked up the series, Showtime was thinking of giving it the green light. That didn't happen. Specifically, "Showtime passed the day before my wedding," said Bloom, who was convinced "they knew" about the bad timing.

The original pilot was more graphic.

Before the show was toned down for The CW, Rebecca's hook-up with Greg (Fontana) featured much more than just kissing. Even with the racier scene, Bloom was told the show needed to be "edgier."

Sheet music is coming.

You've asked, and they're working on it, said Bloom.