NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 94

It looks like Kathy Fitzgerald is the woman in the red wig on the right side of the poster, right above Megan Hilty.

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Did I miss the announcement that Audra McDonald would be on the show?

This may have been posted in one of the Smash threads, but I missed it. On ew.com the choreographer this week spoke about the Bollywood number.

Kinda ironic, because this week's print edition has a two page interview with the new showrunner about what changes he's made, and he says while there will still be some pop covers and some fantasy numbers, there won't be anything like the bowling song, or the Bollywood number. The article doesn't seem to be online, but it's hardly revelatory anyway. Apparently in his office were DVDs of Velvet Goldmine, Anything Goes and... The Fan because to get inspired he brought from his house all of the Broadway themed stuff he could find (...). And Julia won't be wearing anymore scarves (he brought his experience on Gossip Girl to the wardrobe, again apparently).

No, I'm the same re the scarves. And I had the exact same reaction to the mention of the '56 Anything Goes as classic (just 'cuz it's relatively old, I wouldn't think anyone would call it classic).

I admit, I didn't realize Hudson's run was just a few episodes. The article didn't say anything really bad, exactly, and I appreciated actually that the new showrunner didn't go on about how he was eager to make *so* many changes, but I didn't get any sense why Spielberg and crew were apparently so excited by his ideas that they hired him.

That's Sheryl Lee Ralph as Hudson's mother, not Audra McDonald.

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Has it leaked yet which songwriter(s) will be supplying the songs for the Andy Mientus/Jeremy Jordan material?

Akiva

Pasek and Paul are indeed writing the songs for HIT LIST, the musical written by the characters played by Andy Mientus and Jeremy Jordan.

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I'm not sure how I feel about this.


Rosie O'Donnell to Guest Star on Season 2 of SMASH

Please--can Rosie O'Donnell just disappear--forever.

Just ordered my copy! Does anyone have a copy that wants to post pics of the box? What kind of packaging does it have?

If you buy it at Target you get a bonus CD--20 minutes--which is basically a music video of Touch Me and a commentary by Jack and Megan talking about the show interspersed with clips.

The 4-disc set contends extended musical numbers: the fully extended version of Mr. and Mrs. Smith; a full length version of the Heaven on Earth number. Ivy was in no way the craziest thing about that number; a deleted song by Bernadette Peter's "Rosie's Turn" which was substituted with what we saw "Everything's Coming Up Roses". They should have used "Rosie's Turn" instead and when you watch it you'll see why

Lots of deleted scenes especially with Eileen and Ellis. One of the best and should have been kept is between Ivy and Sam in a scene from Previews. She talks to him in vague terms about sleeping with Dev.

One featurette is called A Dream Come True which discusses the actors and characters.

Another feature is Song & Dance in which all the actors gush about the songs and choreography.

There is a very short gag reel which has mostly Jack Davenport.

I had a love/hate relationship with this show and didn't expect to buy it, but the special features and the bonus DVD from Target were the reason I bought it; I'm glad I did.

There is a picture of the Target bonus disc looks like with the package (at least at that admin's store.) If the picture doesn't show up, it's on the Megan Hilty Online Facebook page. I'm not sure how to post pictures on here.