It's Week Seven of Project Runway All Stars and Angela "Faux Heidi" Lindvall meets the designers at a theater, where she introduces them to one of Broadway's most successful composers, Stephen Schwartz. Stephen is working on what was then (before All Stars got delayed) the upcoming revival of his musical about Jesus, Godspell. We also meet one of the show's stars, Uzo Aduba, and its director,
who is initially only introduced as "Danny," possibly because in theater, unlike film, directors aren't gods. The designers learn that their challenge is to create a costume of separates for Uzo's character, an ostentatiously rich woman. The winning design will be used in the play and the winning designer will get their bio in Playbill. (Or would have, if Project Runway had started on time). We immediately wonder if the judges will criticize any of the designs for being "too costumey."
The All Stars are very excited about designing for Broadway, particularly Austin Scarlett, whose theatricality makes the late Ethel Merman's seem subtle. As the designers eagerly dive into their work, they're faced with the question, "What would JC do?" No, not Jesus Christ, Joanna Coles. Mentor Joanna makes her rounds, first beating up Kara and stealing her lunch money, then later being very supportive of another designer, saying "Work it, Mondo"—which comes dangerously close to Tim Gunn's legendary catch phrase. Aside from Mondo's and Kara's creative insecurities, things go smoothly.
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