Why Yes, Netflix's Single All the Way Is Already Our Favourite Holiday Rom-Com of 2021

The TV and Broadway star will play the protagonist, Peter, a perpetually single gay man who’s dreading going home to face his family. To avoid their judgment, he convinces his friend to pretend to be his date for the holidays, but it turns out his mother has other plans.

You most likely recognize Urie from his scene-stealing role as Marc on the comedy Ugly Betty. Since then, he’s appeared on a wide variety of TV shows and also spent some time on Broadway. He was last seen there in the play Grand Horizons, which closed in March 2020.

Macfarlane is set to play James, a handsome trainer who works with Peter’s mother and gets set up on a surprise blind date with Peter. This definitely isn’t Macfarlane’s first go-round in a romance: his breakthrough role was as one half of a gay couple on the drama series Brothers and Sisters, and he’s since become a staple on Hallmark Channel’s rom-coms.

Robertson joins the cast of Single All the Way fresh off her most memorable role, as Jocelyn Schitt on Schitt’s Creek. She’s appeared in several made-for-TV movies and TV shows, most recently playing Ellen on the Netflix dramedy Ginny & Georgia.

Stage and screen legend Bostwick is tackling a supporting role in this rom-com as the latest move in a widely varied career. He’s best known for his comedy roles, having played Brad in The Rocky Horror Picture Show and Mayor Winston on the sitcom Spin City. Bostwick also has quite the résumé in the theater world – did you know he was the original Danny Zuko in Grease on Broadway?

Coolidge has made a career out of memorable, comedic supporting roles, most notably as Legally Blonde‘s Paulette. She also spent several years, from 2012 to 2017, on the sitcom 2 Broke Girls. Most recently, she appeared in Promising Young Woman as the mother of Carey Mulligan‘s character.

Najimy’s versatile career has ranged from stage to screen, live action to animated. She starred in some of your favorite ’90s movies, such as Sister Act and Hocus Pocus, and she voiced characters in iconic projects like WALL-E and BoJack Horseman. Currently, she’s part of the voice cast of the animated TV comedy Duncanville.