NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 50
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread
HopeChanged
Stand-by Joined: 10/2/10
#1225Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 7:18pmSmash: The show you love to hate ... or hate to love ... or simply hate, but watch anyway to torture yourself :)
#1226Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 7:24pmI just keep watching so I can enjoy this thread!
nygrl232
Broadway Legend Joined: 9/19/08
#1227Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 7:42pm
Ivy will probably get a stern warning instead of fired. Her bff is the composer and her mom is Bernadette Peters. But she's probably not finished acting out, so, she might push the boundaries further.
Derek never lets Karen finish a sentence. She needs to slap him every time that happens.
Updated On: 4/4/12 at 07:42 PM
#1228Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 7:58pmOf course now I assume everyone knows, but wasn't Ivy keeping it a secret that that was her mom--or at least not advertising it? Hence the surprise when she came in.
#1229Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 11:22pmsince each shows' swings(or at least some of them) are backstage at each show, couldn't they just get a swing to replace Ivy when they couldn't find her??
FindingNamo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/22/03
#1230Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/4/12 at 11:28pm
It brought ckeaton back. New bitches don't even KNOW.
Here's an interview with Ellis from the Boston Globe the other day... click quick before they start charging:
Jamie Cepero
#1231Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 9:01am
'since each shows' swings(or at least some of them) are backstage at each show, couldn't they just get a swing to replace Ivy when they couldn't find her??"
And can one chorine lock the door to the dressing room like that?
Do the other girls take keys onstage with them to get back in?
Oh, and I did like the circle of lifenisity of BDJ beating up Michael Swift outside the door of An Iliad. Too bad Denis O'Hare didn't show up with a sword to smite him.
Updated On: 4/5/12 at 09:01 AM
#1232Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 11:55am
Just watched the latest episode. Can they not keep the camera at eye level with Huston or above? I don't mean to sound cruel, but she was looking a bit Too Wong Foo in some of those scenes. Like Jim Bachus as Anjelica Huston as Moriticia Addams as Powerful Female Broadway Producer From Manhattan.
And dear God, that Times Square scene was PAINFUL to watch. Even more painful than seeing Riedel on my TV screen. I'm still trying to figure out why they desperately wanted us to dislike nearly every character in the show. Especially after working so hard to make many of them sympathetic. WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM US??? Thank you Wesley Taylor for being the glue that holds this show together. For me, at least.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1233Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:03pmIs it Monday yet? I just can't wait!!
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#1234Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:13pmI've decided that this show should have a crossover episode with Maxwell Sheffield from The Nanny.
#1235Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:16pmOnly if Mr. Sheffield hooks up with Dev.
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#1236Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:18pmFran Drescher as MM's acting coach.
#1237Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:28pmShe taught me how to achieve the classic "!" expression.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1238Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:28pm
"And can one chorine lock the door to the dressing room like that?
Do the other girls take keys onstage with them to get back in?"
They have to lock up so nobody steals Ivy's dolls.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1239Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:45pmOh, yes, and Daniel Davis as the personal assistant could give Ellis a run for his money and add an extra layer of verisimilitude to all the Broadway sliminess and nasty characters.
SporkGoddess
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/27/05
#1240Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 12:54pmI'd like to see Ellis try to take on C.C. Babcock, too.
#1241Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 1:01pmEllis couldn't even take out the dopey blond kid.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1242Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 1:03pmSuggestion to producers: Jen and Hunter!
#1243Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 1:10pm
"Fran Drescher as MM's acting coach."
Yes! But in her Bobbi Flekman mode.
Vita, dulcedo, et spes nostra
Salve, Salve Regina
Ad te clamamus exsules filii Eva
Ad te suspiramus, gementes et flentes
O clemens O pia
#1244Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 1:52pmThe new number Borle performs next week is cute, but really every single number they are 'writing' for this new Marilyn musical sounds almost identical. I get it that Whitman/Shaiman are mostly just crafting an assortment of up-beat musical numbers that can play as stand-alone Marilyn references for each specific episode, but if the characters are complaining Tom and Julia have 'no show' its because MARILYN (or is it BOMBSHELL now) basically just has one song repeated over and over.
#1245Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 1:55pmWhatever happened to the baby gay from The Nanny. He'd be great in Bombshell as Susan Strasberg.
Gothampc
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#1246Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 2:18pm
I want to know who they are going to cast to play Truman Capote and Shelley Winters.
#1247Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 2:21pmProbably Bobby Morse in a tour de force marathon role where, with just the switch of a wig, he plays both.
SueleenGay
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/9/03
#1248Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 2:50pm
Okay, What?
the show has landed a star, the mercurial Rebecca Duvall (guest star Uma Thurman), but Eileen (Anjelica Huston) is thrown into a panic when Rebecca gets stuck in Cuba. Derek (Jack Davenport) puts Karen (Katharine McPhee) in as understudy, but she must learn to perform under extreme pressure as he threatens to break her will.
Wait, is there another workshop already scheduled? Did they finish the book? Why would Karen be under extreme pressure if this is just another workshop? And wouldn't they wait until Uma got back from Cuba? This makes no sense to me. Can one of you more connected with the actual process care to clarify?
#1249Smash - Series Discussion
Posted: 4/5/12 at 2:52pm
"When Uma Goes to Cuba"
I'd like to see Jack Davenport stage THAT number.
As a rumba.
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