NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 90

[Taryn]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 2:35pm

Yeah, I'm wondering that too. I'd be really sad to see him miss it, having seen him in multiple readings for it. He's really remarkable in the role.

[DEClarke]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 4:37pm

Maybe he's decided to jump the sinking ship that is BARE. From what I'm hearing, they've really ruined the show.

However, I'm not too excited about SMASH Season 2. Cutting characters that I'm interested in having be further developed and adding J. Hud to the show... It sounds like they're desperate to sell the show to lowest common denominator and get rid of everything that made SMASH stellar in the first place.

[MrMidwest]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 6:52pm

Marilyn performs for the troops in Korea in 1954:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFWlyJQHJJk
Marilyn Person to Person interview from 1955:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TAuvIJt3Qjk
1956 interview about Bus Stop:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5s4M5Kx6yI
Marilyn on getting engaged to Arthur Miller:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-hvGf_VWK8

[Owen22]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:13pm

"Just what this show needs is another former "American Idol" contestant. Look who's joining the cast."

And I bet you just LOVE Laura Osnes who only made it to Broadway winning a TV reality show.

[Owen22]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 8:23pm

Okay, this is "friend of a friend of a friend who knows someone who knows someone who works on Smash" gossip (not that six degrees, but close) so take this with a grain of salt. But said person relates when the show comes back, "Bombshell" has been up and running for six months, Karen is a new star and the team is reassembling to create a new musical (no indication if it too is based on some one or something in pop culture).

Of course I haven't gone back and read the past pages posted since the finale so this might be old news.

This makes sense in relations to the types of talent they are hiring for the second season.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/26/12 at 9:35pm

Im not sure if thats true…I know someone attached as well and thats not what I was told. Close but not exactly.

[DEClarke]

Posted: 6/28/12 at 1:11pm

Owen22, your posting sounds in line with Speilberg's initial idea for the show.

He had once said that each new season would be about the creation of a new show. If this is indeed true, then some of the cut characters would make more sense, and I won't be as upset about who we lost along the way.

However, J. Hud!?!?!?! Really?

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/28/12 at 4:30pm

The latest "announcement" is what I was told. Not sure how it'll work without being an overkill but I like it.

[maila]

Posted: 6/29/12 at 9:35pm

they are introducing a new musical that will be in competition with 'bombshell"! http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118056011?refCatId=14

Updated On: 6/29/12 at 09:35 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/29/12 at 11:03pm

My connection to the show told me that, and that's why Jennifer is being brought in. From my understanding she'll be in that show.

[kyl3fong2]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 3:06am

I can't wait. If this means double the original music on the show then I am absolutely for it!

[peachesr82]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 4:31am

It sounds like they have taken a good hard look at what worked and what didn't last season and taken steps to improve that. I'm all for more original music, it was always my favourite part. It does seem that they've worked out who their audience is and thrown a few good looking young guys into the mix just keep people happy.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 1:27pm

Per IBDB, the longest running show with the letters "bomb" in the title was BOMBAY DREAMS at 8 months. So Karen should be free for November sweeps!

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I have no idea why Mr. Clarke thinks Miss Hudson is such a low-rent choice. How many TV shows have an Oscar/Grammy winner in their casts?

Updated On: 6/30/12 at 01:27 PM

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 2:51pm

I'm interested to see the show Jennifer will be in. Will it be another bio show? Etta James?

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 3:23pm

^^^^, Please, God, no! I can't take another season of "Etta knew what love is" and "Etta knew what heartbreak is", etc.

Whatever the new show-within-the-show is, please let the show runner realize he has to decide on the actual content and action of the imaginary show if the songwriters are to have anything decent to write. (Yes, I know Shaiman and Wittman found a couple of decent musical moments despite the odds. But a lot of the "new music" was pretty generic and even repetitive. Not the songwriters' fault, IMO.)

[DEClarke]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 5:49pm

Gaveston, I don't like her. I know she'll bring in a larger audience and further boost the show finically. However, I can't sand her singing voice and find it completely unenjoyable. I'm personally not looking forward to her being on the show for that reason. I find her to have large potential for talent (i.e. Dreamgirls), but I feel in her pop music CDs she just screeches her way through music written for her.

[Wynbish]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 6:06pm

But the season-two plotline will also involve the emergence of a hot new musical that gives "Bombshell" a run for its money in terms of buzz and Tonys attention.

You mean there's gonna be a Vocal Adrenaline musical to try to beat Bombshell's New Directions?

Oh wait, I forgot. This show is nothing like Glee. Perish the thought.

[GavestonPS]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 7:46pm

DEClarke, I haven't heard any of Hudson's pop albums. I'm not a big R&B fan.

But she has shown she can sing and act show music in DREAMGIRLS (as you allow) and I didn't think she was half-bad as an actress in SEX AND THE CITY.

We'll see. But I fear you are right: she was probably hired to add the "wail factor" so often emphasized on GLEE. I may very well end up agreeing with you.

[JP2]

Posted: 6/30/12 at 8:23pm

I love both Jennifer Hudson's albums.

[beautywickedlover]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 12:28am

As I mentioned earlier I am very much looking forward to Jennifer appearing on the show. She was my favorite contestant from season three of that reality competition, which is now only for teeny bopper girls who like good looking boys, and her performance in 'Dreamgirls' blew me away. I have also seen her live twice and she is vocally amazing. And earlier this year I briefly met her at a book signing and she seemed very sweet.

[KylePKJP]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 6:17pm

I'm sure the answer to this question is somewhere in these 90 pages but I gave up after 43. Please forgive.

What is the passage of time between the pilot when El-ass suggests Marilyn as a musical to the season finale/preview with McPhee in the lead?

[E.Davis]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 7:37pm

I wanna say something like 9 months?

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 9:17pm

"Shaiman and Wittman are specifically looking for tunesmiths with legit experience but haven't yet had a show on Broadway."

Kerrigan and Lowdermilk come to mind. Just sayin'.

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 9:19pm

Can't wait for this upcoming season, I think the addition of Jennifer Hudson is fantastic. As others said earlier in the thread, Uma Thurman injected the show with star power that was really needed; clearly the show runners realized this and seem to be addressing that. Maybe naively, I have hope that the show can actually be good, more than a guilty pleasure, this coming season.

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/1/12 at 9:34pm

The new show runner (I forget his name) basically said they knew some story/character arcs didn't work, and weren't followed through and that needs to be fixed.