Posted: 3/22/18 at 11:09am
But it has no book. And it's incredibly rare for a book musical to succeed when the book is written around the score. The songs of Bombshell are no ABBA songbook, they're beloved by only a relative handful of Smash fanatics.
Posted: 3/22/18 at 12:00pm
How about Shaiman and Whittman do a spinoff musical about Nat King Cole instead of Marylin Monroe? Have Leslie Odom Jr star in his return to Broadway?
I'm only saying this because I have had his song from Smash, (Let's Start) Tomorrow Tonight, stuck in my head for the last 2 days.
Posted: 3/22/18 at 12:58pm
The TV series was first aired about a half dozen years ago. Will there actually be a mass ticket buying audience for this show? Though I saw a musical based on the subject back in the eighties and then an opera at Lincoln Center, neither one sold tickets. And will SMASH cover her life up until her unsolved death or end as her career takes off? Unless it's in the right hands, I feel over the years we've been told all we need to know about the woman with all the books written and documentary TV shows based on the her life. Plus an OLC recording on Marilyn starring Stephanie Lawrence and a Canadian cast recording of a production titled "Hey, Marilyn!" starring Beverly D'Angelo are already out there and once again they both failed. As far as Marilyn goes, I think most people would prefer viewing her films.
Posted: 3/22/18 at 1:30pm
Monroe was incomparable and her story extremely tragic.
Bombshell's slick, kitschy production numbers and 11 o'clock generic ballads are not what her story needs.
Posted: 6/17/18 at 10:32am
Zadan and Meron talking about having found an exciting concept for Bombshell.
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Craig-Zadan-Neil-Meron-Talk-HAIR-Live-A-FEW-GOOD-MEN-and-Reviving-SMASH-20180615
I wish they'd move on this. I cannot wait for Bombshell.
Posted: 6/17/18 at 10:41am
Posted: 6/17/18 at 12:42pm
The ship for Smash has sailed. If Bombshell is ever mounted on Broadway, it will have to rely on everything but the Smash brand to sell tickets in my opinion.
Posted: 6/17/18 at 6:35pm
Smash seems like an eternity ago, the one thing I hope is Megan Hilty gets to play the role. Surely there's a Tony for Don't Forget Me alone.
Posted: 6/17/18 at 9:29pm
It's not like the song-writing team has had a string of hits. They seem to be missing a lot lately, and while there might be a small core group excited for this, I just don't find it to be appealing. But curious what the concept is.
Posted: 6/18/18 at 3:37am
Posted: 6/18/18 at 12:22pm
^ I thought their CATCH ME IF YOU CAN score was full of gems, despite lack of business.
Updated On: 6/18/18 at 12:22 PM
Posted: 6/18/18 at 12:37pm
It was refreshing in that interview to hear htey acknowledge there's no way BOMBSHELL would've been greeted with anything but jeers, given how cheesy it would be to make a Marilyn musical (still), especially how bombastic parts of tat score were. It worked on the show because they were writing for the two stars and their styles but I watched the numbers and thought, what a cheesy show.
Also, I had the impression they might use the SMASH framing to do it. He kept referring it as putting SMASH onstage, not BOMBSHELL. I wonder if it would be a behind the scenes musical of making a musical.
Posted: 7/11/18 at 5:20pm
It seems Bombshell isn't dead after all (despite the upcoming Some Like It Hot, which many seemed to think was a compromise). Craig Zadan just teased on Twitter...
https://twitter.com/craigzadan/status/1017144997043290113
Posted: 7/11/18 at 5:38pm
Posted: 7/11/18 at 6:55pm
Posted: 7/11/18 at 7:46pm
Saw Megan Hilty with the San Diego Symphony on Saturday night and she sing 4 songs from Smash. She sounded great doing it!
I'd make a trip to New York to see her do it. I'm interested to see what they cook up for a book to wrap around some pretty good songs.
Updated On: 7/11/18 at 07:46 PM
Posted: 7/11/18 at 8:27pm
that tweet. FMLLLLLLL. been waiting for this forever.
i feel like you dont have to be a smash fan to appreciate it.
the marilyn name alone will attract people (mostly tourists prob)
someone on this thread explained why it was so hard to get this to the stage (mostly about one person being able to sing all those song) so that gave me some patients with regards to the show.
but seeing katharine mcphee in waitress makes me even hungrier for it
Posted: 7/11/18 at 10:45pm
the marilyn name alone will attract people (mostly tourists prob)
Ha! Tell that to the Marilyn musical that just completely bombed in Vegas.
Posted: 7/11/18 at 10:54pm
Does it take 10 years to recreate a Bombshell musical? There haven't even been workshops...
Posted: 7/11/18 at 11:11pm
Posted: 7/11/18 at 11:13pm
Tag said: "the marilyn name alone will attract people (mostly tourists prob)
Ha! Tell that to the Marilyn musical that just completely bombed in Vegas."
That Marilyn musical was the equivalent of domestic terrorism LOL Don’t even get me started on their party city wigs -.- at least the songs from smash are amazing. Don’t Forget Me, Lets Be Bad, 20th Century Fox Mambo...
Updated On: 7/11/18 at 11:13 PM
Posted: 7/12/18 at 11:32am
BJR said: "Also, I had the impression they might use the SMASH framing to do it. He kept referring it as putting SMASH onstage, not BOMBSHELL. I wonder if it would be a behind the scenes musical of making a musical."
I think that putting SMASH on stage holds much more promise than doing Bombshell. The show within a show kind of gives them a Kiss Me Kate / City of Angels structure that could be interesting. If I was doing it I would much rather write that than try to wring something fresh out of the Monroe story. It also gives them the opportunity to write more songs for the backstage SMASH characters to make the score eligible for a Tony.
Posted: 9/17/18 at 5:44pm
The latest from Bob Greenblatt
Speaking of reboots, you’re working on a Smash musical for Broadway, yes?
We haven’t announced anything really detailed about this, but I’ve said before we want to look at how to adapt Smash or Bombshell for Broadway. We actually have a creative team coming together and are excited about that.
What about a revival for TV?
I don’t think a reboot of that show is in the offing. I mean, that cast is all over the place. I love that there’s a cult following that would love it, but I think we’re going to see what the live stage version yields first.
http://www.vulture.com/2018/09/bob-greenblatt-saved-nbc-now-what.html
