NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 36
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#875Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:18pm
..."but that's all scripted. so you're talking about Ivy, not directly about Hilty....
Oh, absolutely. Didn't mean to imply otherwise or to blame any of the actors.
I just can't get involved enough to remember any of the character's names, so I end up referring to them by the actors' names.
Not fair to Miss Hilty in this case. Thank you for correcting me.
#876Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:19pm
For season 2, I hope they can poach a couple of writers from "Mad Men."
Updated On: 3/22/12 at 05:19 PM
#877Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:21pmI finally got caught up on the episodes and it is rather fun to watch. But the personalities of these characters change so quickly and without warning, I often feel like there were entire episodes missing. I'll keep watching as long as Wesley Taylor is on the show. I'm a sucker for dimples.
DAME
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/15/04
#878Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:35pmWhich one is Wesley? I agree with you . They are not being faithful to the characters they are drawing. But I enjoy watching it.
#879Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 5:43pm
Wesley is the white gay chorus boy friend. He was in Rock of Ages and Addams Family on Broadway. I think he's a doll.
#881Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 6:39pm
If you like Jack Davenport get the BBC's This Life. I think there were two series..it has one of the all time great series endings.
Don't bother with the one off episode which came quite a few years later.
#882Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 8:04pmWesley kinda drives me crazy (and not in a good way) on Smash, but he hasn't done much except camped it up to Adele--but I thought he was a highlight as Mouse in Tales of the City in San Francisco, so will cut him some slack.
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#883Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 8:41pm
If you like Jack Davenport get the BBC's This Life.
I do and I will. Thanks.
#884Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 8:46pmI just love the way Wesley blurted out, "Sing something!" to Bernadette Peters in the show Monday night.
broadwayfever
Featured Actor Joined: 6/15/08
#885Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 8:55pm
Here's a little more info as to why they renewed it for a 2nd season:
"Smash" is NBC's top drama in viewers in the 18-49 demographic most important to advertisers. It is also a favorite of NBC entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt.
"Smash," which follows two aspiring stars as they try to make it big in a musical about Marilyn Monroe, is up 160 percent in the demo in the 10 p.m. Monday timeslot. It earned a 2.6 compared to the previous 1.0.
The series, which counts Steven Spielberg among its executive producers, has also doubled viewership in the timeslot from 3.9 million to 7.7 million.
http://tv.yahoo.com/news/nbcs-smash-renewed-season-2-190138762.html
Plexsis
Stand-by Joined: 9/29/04
#886Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:11pm
Theresa Rebeck is not returning for season 2
http://tvline.com/2012/03/22/nbc-renews-smash-season-2/
JP2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/2/07
#887Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:14pm
Good news. It really needs a new show runner.
Mister Matt, as far as I know Wes will be on for the remainder of this season.
Gaveston2
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/11
#888Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:14pm
Theresa Rebeck is not returning for season 2
Damn! NBC is so desperate it's taking orders from this message board!
TheatreDiva90016
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/10/04
#889Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:30pm
"I just love the way Wesley blurted out, "Sing something!" to Bernadette Peters in the show Monday night."
Yea, because folks in a rehearsal always do that... lol
It was one of the most cringe-worthy moments this last week.
#890Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:33pm
This Life is one of my top five tv shows ever--some call it too much of a soap but it was a revelation to me as a teen when it aired here in Canada. Avoid the reuinion TV movie like the plague. Actually Davenport kinda plays the same role if he had grown up to be a director/choreographer (I've yet to see his Smash character even mark a bit of a dance step though). I don't think it's on DVD in Region 1 but it can easily be found online--I think it's all on youtube even.
And I'm so flattered that NBC listened to me 
I wonder though who they will hire instead--or if they'll upgrade a current writer like David Marshall Grant.
#891Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 9:46pm
I haven't seen This Life in ages! I loved that show. Jack Davenport AND Andrew Lincoln.
*SWOON*
#892Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 10:25pmLooks like Rebeck is leaving the show. Maybe with a different writer the characters won't be written to be so unlikable, and there won't be any loose ends left loose. Wishful Thinking, I suppose. :P
#893Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 10:27pm
Apparently Rebeck wrote the first three episodes of this season...critics said that the show "finds its foot after starting from episode 4."
So it really was a good idea to replace Rebeck. Hopefully the new showrunner will be able tone down the ridiculous soap opera storylines on this show.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#894Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 10:36pmGetting a new showrunner is the best possible move they could have made with this show - the acting and songwriting and production values are all there; it's the regular writing that keeps falling down on the job. I hope they hire someone good; Smash has a ton of potential it's not fulfilling.
#895Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 10:40pm
@Plum---AGREED. I find that when I get annoyed with the show, it is either due to their over soapy storylines or cringeworthy dialogue.
There is no weak actor in the cast, and I absolutely love all of the original songs.
#896Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 10:56pm
"There is no weak actor in the cast, and I absolutely love all of the original songs."
I am sorry, do you just not pay attention to the son then?
#897Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 11:25pmI don't count the son as part of the "main cast" of the series. He is at the least a guest star as he has only appeared in a few and not all of the episodes. By the cast I simply mean Karen, Ivy, Derek, Tom, Julie, Eileen and Ellis.
Plum
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/4/04
#898Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/22/12 at 11:42pmYeah, send the kid to college next season. His monologue about wanting a baby sister was just execrable, probably the worst scene in the show's run next to Michael and Julia's assignation on the rehearsal room couch. (Eugh.) Poor Debra Messing is just getting hit with all the worst storylines.
#899Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 3/23/12 at 2:43am
"I haven't seen This Life in ages! I loved that show. Jack Davenport AND Andrew Lincoln. "
Andrew Lincoln's full frontal nude scenes got me through a few lonely teenaged night, and of course I identified with Warren's coming out. It was too bad the actor had signed on to do other things before the second season was announced and many hated the ending of the show--which I felt suited the sorta "cinema verite" soap the show was (and the reunion did nothing to help) but...
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