NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread- Page 92

[ray-andallthatjazz86]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2275

Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:22pm

Wow, so excited about this! They should just make Hayes a series regular.

"Some people can thrive and bloom living life in a living room, that's perfect for some people of one hundred and five. But I at least gotta try, when I think of all the sights that I gotta see, all the places I gotta play, all the things that I gotta be at"

[E.Davis]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2276

Posted: 8/13/12 at 3:50pm

They are really stacking the show with some nice names.

"I think lying to children is really important, it sets them off on the right track" -Sherie Rene Scott-

[ACL2006]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2277

Posted: 8/13/12 at 4:59pm

I was wondering which Will & Grace name would be the first to guest star. Was hoping it would be Mullally, but I'll settle for Hayes.

A Chorus Line revival played its final Broadway performance on August 17, 2008. The tour played its final performance on August 21, 2011. A new non-equity tour started in October 2012 played its final performance on March 23, 2013. Another non-equity tour launched on January 20, 2018. The tour ended its US run in Kansas City and then toured throughout Japan August & September 2018.

[JulesReverie]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2278

Posted: 8/13/12 at 7:08pm

They are pulling out all the stops for season 2 and then some making every possible readjustment to please fans, I can't remember the last time a show got gutted and completely remodeled second season all in the fans' favor, I was expecting they'd be an Alan Ball and pull a True Blood (-ignoring fans and continuing to sabotage the fan favorite character and give all the good characterization and screen time to the fan detested character)

[Owen22]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2279

Posted: 8/13/12 at 8:15pm

So, according to Vulture, Sean is playing a TV actor who is staring in a stage musical version of "Dangerous Liasons" which might or might not (the article is unclear) be also starring Ivy...

[kyl3fong2]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2280

Posted: 8/13/12 at 8:18pm

I wonder if Sean Hayes' character is the lead of the rival musical that is suppose to come in Season 2.

[EricMontreal22]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2281

Posted: 8/13/12 at 8:22pm

"I was expecting they'd be an Alan Ball and pull a True Blood (-ignoring fans and continuing to sabotage the fan favorite character and give all the good characterization and screen time to the fan detested character)"

Except True Blood's ratings more than doubled between seasons 1 and 2, so umm, yeah...

[Plum]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2282

Posted: 8/13/12 at 8:40pm

If the musical of the season is based on Les Liaisons Dangereuses and the musical reflects on the characters' lives, it looks like I'm not getting my wish for less emphasis on who's sleeping with whom.

[TxTwoStep]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2283

Posted: 8/14/12 at 3:36am

come on Canuck Eric, it is NOT the BWW tradition to let pesky facts ruin a good dishy post.

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

Updated On: 8/14/12 at 03:36 AM

[TxTwoStep]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2284

Posted: 8/14/12 at 3:40am

if the new rival show is based on LIAISONS, wouldn't it be better served (if it's JHud's show, unless her diva role is in yet ANOTHER fictional B'way show like Leo Nor's was) to be called CRUEL INTENTIONS? and if not, i wish it could be THE GAME which is an actual musicale of the classic play that Barrington Stage has done twice.

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

[TxTwoStep]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2285

Posted: 8/14/12 at 3:40am

if the new rival show is based on LIAISONS, wouldn't it be better served (if it's JHud's show, unless her diva role is in yet ANOTHER fictional B'way show like Leo Nor's was) to be called CRUEL INTENTIONS? and if not, i wish it could be THE GAME which is an actual musicale of the classic play that Barrington Stage has done twice.

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

[EricMontreal22]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2286

Posted: 8/14/12 at 3:54am

"it is NOT the BWW tradition to let pesky facts ruin a good dishy post. "

Ha, touche!

[Plum]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2287

Posted: 8/14/12 at 4:31am

Cruel Intentions was the teeny bopper version that came out in the 90s, right? Why would Smash's creators - real or fictional - want to pay for the right to use that name when the original novel is in the public domain?

I do admit that Liaisons in a musical theater context just makes me think of the song from A Little Night Music. Liaaaaai...zzzz....

[MrMidwest]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2288

Posted: 8/14/12 at 7:13am

Stars remember Marilyn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4842xWMwCU

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[beautywickedlover]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2289

Posted: 8/14/12 at 12:28pm

Hayes did a good job playing someone who gave Leslie Knope trouble on 'Parks & Recreation', so it'll be interesting to see how he does that on this show.

Updated On: 8/14/12 at 12:28 PM

[TxTwoStep]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2290

Posted: 8/14/12 at 1:38pm

Sean's most villainous TV guest shot may have been on 30 ROCK as Kenneth the Page's relative who trapped Tracy Jordan MISERY style...

Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys. "I guarantee that we'll have tough times. I guarantee that at some point one or both of us will want to get out. But I also guarantee that if I don't ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for the rest of my life..."

[jacobsnchz14]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2291

Posted: 8/14/12 at 5:37pm

Don't know how reliable this is, but Sheryl Lee Ralph has been cast as the mother of Jennifer Hudson's character on SMASH:

http://www.vulture.com/2012/08/exclusive-smash-casts-dreamgirl-sheryl-lee-ralph-jennifer-hudson.html

[kyl3fong2]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2292

Posted: 8/14/12 at 6:09pm

Wow. Season 2 is really shaping up to be AMAZING!!

[ucjrdude902]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2293

Posted: 8/17/12 at 9:47am

Shows to me the new show runner has a good plan and is executing it well with lining up these new characters.

[MrMidwest]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2294

Posted: 8/17/12 at 10:00am

I hope the humor shines through this season. It was mostly stifled throughout the first season.

"The gods who nurse this universe think little of mortals' cares. They sit in crowds on exclusive clouds and laugh at our love affairs. I might have had a real romance if they'd given me a chance. I loved him, but he didn't love me. I wanted him, but he didn't want me. Then the gods had a spree and indulged in another whim. Now he loves me, but I don't love him." - Cole Porter

[Fosse76]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2295

Posted: 8/17/12 at 10:31am

I hope the humor shines through this season. It was mostly stifled throughout the first season.

They were in tech!

[ucjrdude902]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2296

Posted: 8/17/12 at 11:07am

I think the "I'm in tech" joke was dead shortly after that very episode aired. Let it go.

[darquegk]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2297

Posted: 8/17/12 at 11:08am

Eh. "I'm In Tech" is one of the only, if not THE only, actual theatre memes. It's a thing. It happened.

[kdogg36]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2298

Posted: 8/17/12 at 11:13am

I think the "I'm in tech" joke was dead shortly after that very episode aired. Let it go.

I'm with you. It's tired.

[wicked1492]

Smash -- Series Discussion#2299

Posted: 8/17/12 at 11:25am

I'm tired. From all this TECH.

"These rabid fans...possess the acting talent to portray the hooker...Linda Eder..." -The New York Times