The Show Must Go Onthe Nanny : Season 1 Episode 12 Official

After the PTA fails to convince Maxwell to direct the school play, he volunteers Fran for the job. Fran casts Grace in the lead role to boost her self-confidence, but Maxwell—unable to handle Fran's "amateurish" production style—eventually stages a coup and takes over as director. He runs the children's pageant like a high-pressure Broadway show, leading a terrified Grace to develop stage fright and refuse to perform right before the curtain rises.

: Maxwell’s professional standards are so high he even tells a child whose mother called her voice a "gift" that she should "return it". The Show Must Go OnThe Nanny : Season 1 Episode 12

: Fran is technically "promoted" to producer so Maxwell can take over, a move Niles sarcastically calls her a "sucker" for. After the PTA fails to convince Maxwell to

: Maree Cheatham appears as the Lexington Academy headmistress, Miss Emma Trusdale. Memorable Quotes : Maxwell’s professional standards are so high he

In " The Show Must Go On " (Season 1, Episode 12), Fran Fine and Maxwell Sheffield clash over the ultimate theatrical stakes: a first-grade production of Mother Goose’s Broadway .

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