#2376
Posted: 3/22/23 at 9:09am
They’d better get Borle and Messing in this and have scarves draped over the seats for the first preview.
NBC's SMASH - Series & Broadway Adaptation Thread — Page 96
#2377
Posted: 3/22/23 at 9:14am
"Remember that show you didn't watch? Well, now it's a BROADWAY MUSICAL!!! That'll be $200 a ticket, please."
Updated On: 3/22/23 at 09:14 AM
#2379
Posted: 3/22/23 at 9:25am
ACL2006 said: "Waa honestly hoping it would be Bombshell: The Musical."
I believe this was their original plan. I remember seeing an interview with either Shaiman or Wittman where they said eventually they realized they'd have to write a whole new score as every number was written without worry for dramatic placement in a traditional sense. And people want to hear the songs they know and love.
#2380
Posted: 3/22/23 at 9:49am
Jordan Catalano said: "They’d better get Borle and Messing in this and have scarves draped over the seats for the first preview."
This made me cackle. Please let this happen
#2381
Posted: 3/22/23 at 10:47am
I wonder if they'll use Let's Be Bad as well (since SLIH has a different version of it). It's hard to imagine finding a better fit than Megan Hilty though...
#2382
Posted: 3/22/23 at 10:55am
Among the performers at the reading: Smash series stars Megan Hilty and Krysta Rodriguez along with The Prom originals Brooks Ashmanskas and Beth Leavel, Kimberly Akimbo‘s Bonnie Milligan, Daniel Breaker (Shrek the Musical), Kristine Nielsen (Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus), Maddie Baillio (Hairspray Live) and Christian Thompson (Ain’t Too Proud).
https://deadline.com/2022/05/smash-musical-broadway-marc-shaiman-first-look-photos-1235030381/
#2384
Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:15pm
Wow…no one asked for this. It’s beyond to late for this
#2385
Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:47pm
My partner and I have recently been binging this, as they never saw it during its original airing. They are very excited at the possibility of this show. I do feel as though, you have to have Megan Hilty as Ivy for this to work in anyway shape or form. It streams on the Roku Channel, I remember as I am rewatching, exactly when the show jumped the shark and they changed show runners. I think it has alot of promise depending on the restructuring of the book and songs.
#2386
Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:50pm
Dag, I came here expecting people to be all excited and sh*t. God, I love you guys.
I can’t wait for this and with the right cast? Epic.
#2387
Posted: 3/22/23 at 12:52pm
Kismet! I'm rewatching the show right now (currently in season 2) and this really brought me back. I was OBSESSED with this show when it was airing. I was a freshman in high school when it started, and I must have watched the first season 3 or 4 times in it's entirety before season 2 started airing.
Also, now that it's been a decade I feel like I can safely admit that I remain Katharine McPhee's one SMASH stan - and even seeing her performance again 11 years later, I am still enamored by that voice. "Never Give All the Heart?" Pure heaven.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#2388
Posted: 3/22/23 at 1:33pm
DrMonicaDeMoneco said: "Wow…no one asked for this. It’s beyond to late for this"
Here we go again --- do you have a bone to pick with Neil Meron (who produces this, as well as your other "favorite" Some Like it Hot)? Did you not get a callback or something?
#2389
Posted: 3/22/23 at 1:39pm
No call back! Not even an audition! Damn!
actually I had no idea who was producing this.
I just think it’s a little too late for this production. It’s just my opinion - take it with a grain of salt.
#2390
Posted: 3/22/23 at 1:44pm
Susan Stroman directing but not choreographing is weird. I know Jerry Mitchell and Gower Champion have done it too, but...odd.
I'm excited for this. Smart to depart liberally from the series since the audience for the TV show won't be enough to sustain a show on Bway.
#2391
Posted: 3/22/23 at 3:19pm
Oh interesting! I would think Hilty was too old by now, and Krysta too honestly, to play a Broadway ingenue. (I googled and saw that Maddie "voiced Marilyn Monroe" at the reading too--so maybe they just all took turns. IDK how these things work!) It'll be interesting to see what develops.
#2392
Posted: 3/22/23 at 3:44pm
In this case I wouldn't read into the reading cast. Sometimes it's just about assembling "friends of the family" who they know are capable and trustworthy and can read it aloud with limited rehearsal - regardless of age or race. Without knowing how the characters have evolved over time, Megan (about to turn 42) and Kat (about to turn 39) might have outgrown their parts, but maybe not.
#2393
Posted: 3/22/23 at 4:01pm
I doubt she would do it considering the Broadway fan reaction to her portrayal/role in the series, but Katharine McPhee might be a big "get" for the team if that meant David Foster might invest into the show.
"Sticks and stones, sister. Here, have a Valium." - Patti LuPone, a Memoir
#2394
Posted: 3/22/23 at 4:07pm
Sally Durant Plummer said: "I doubt she would do it considering the Broadway fan reaction to her portrayal/role in the series, but Katharine McPhee might be a big "get" for the team if that meant David Foster might invest into the show."
He's a little busy with BETTY BOOP.
As it is, this team is very well-connected and the raise should not be an issue. And this is a title that could do big business on the road, regionally, and in amateur licensing.
#2395
Posted: 3/22/23 at 8:49pm
Why is this news today? Wasn't this already announced a while ago??
#2396
Posted: 3/23/23 at 9:07am
"Dag, I came here expecting people to be all excited and sh*t. God, I love you guys.
I can’t wait for this and with the right cast? Epic."
I really liked SMASH (heck even Season 2) but let's hope they do things right with the story on Broadway. They need to drop things like "Karen" having that idiot BF. We also do not need the storyline of "Julia's family and her affair. In other words, I hope they just mostly concentrate on the storyline of getting "Bombshell" to Broadway.
As for the cast, Megan Hilty and Katherine McPhee are too old for their roles at this point IMO. Ms. Hilty is over 40 now and I truly doubt anyone would cast somebody that old to play Mailyn Monroe. Ms. McPhee is in her late 30's and should not be playing a ingenue from Iowa. Some of the SMASH TV cast are still fine to play their roles on Broadway show like Christian Borle and Deborah Messing, their age does not matter in their roles. Anyway, I hope they find some excellent talent to do this show and its music justice.
#2397
Posted: 3/23/23 at 10:49am
I hope the writers understand that those of us who were passionate about the show actually love the tidbits that we still quote and complain about X years later. The script shouldn’t dwell on any of these things, but we deserve our Easter eggs such as Julia’s scarves, Frank’s salad chopping, “I’m in Tech”, “I love church” etc etc etc. Maybe they just need to hire an actor to play Leo who can’t act.
Somewhat more seriously, I do hope they split the songs between an actor playing Norma Jean and another actor playing Marilyn Monroe. That would allow a clear distinction and interesting juxtaposition of the two sides of her persona (probably for the two actresses playing Ivy and Karen), and provide an opportunity for some gorgeous duets.
#2398
Posted: 3/23/23 at 10:59am
Tag said: "Why is this news today? Wasn't this already announced a while ago??"
Not the full creative team. For one, a director wasn't announced before.
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