SMASH Previews- Page 7

[Musicals Fan]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 11:18am

The show reminded me of Curtains, from years ago, about a motley crew struggling to save a Broadway musical in trouble, and the songs are mostly pastiche numbers. But the writers need to rethink the entire conceit of the plot, which is that the star suddenly becomes difficult and takes over the show like she's Blake Lively because of some method acting Svengali. 

It's very hard to write a backstage farce, so they face daunting challenges. But the Smash-fan audience loved it last night.

 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 11:20am

Always funny to see a video interview with Bob Martin and see Man In Chair voice coming out of his mouth :)

[curiousincident]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 11:20am

Rick Elice is also one of the bookwriters btw... 

[RaisedOnMusicals]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 11:34am

Cape Twirl of Doom said: "I saw the open rehearsal they did last year and thank GOD they changed that ending! What they originally had was just so completely out of tone with the rest of the show. Unfortunately, what they changed it to now is just dull and doesn’t really make any narrative sense.

My wife and I saw it too and we actually liked the ending a lot (as we did the entire show). Aside from the great music and the plot point that concerned the EVOLUTION of "Let Me Be Your Star" which was wonderful, the show was funny but the surprise ending gave the show a poignancy and depth that we respected. 

We're going again to see it in a few weeks.

[Musicals Fan]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 3:21pm

One of the ironies of the show is that the Marilyn musical’s fate is in the hands of Internet influencers on social media.

So let me spitball with my two cents. I couldn’t believe that the veteran Broadway star would suddenly become such a deluded diva. So maybe make her a movie star, a former Broadway actress whose last movie flopped, so she’s anxious and nervous about how she’ll do in her comeback, so she has more of a pretext to imagine she is like Marilyn. And make her Svengali someone who rode her coattails to Hollywood. 

And early on, give the director a line or two about how he would never flirt with anyone in the show because he’s uptight about abusing his position.

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 4:05pm

FWIW Karen sings part of 4 songs (Pastime, Mambo, Don’t Forget Me, Moving the Line)

 

chloe only sings the ACT One finale 

[Zeppie2022]

Posted: 3/14/25 at 4:58pm

"So let me spitball with my two cents. I couldn’t believe that the veteran Broadway star would suddenly become such a deluded diva. So maybe make her a movie star, a former Broadway actress whose last movie flopped, so she’s anxious and nervous about how she’ll do in her comeback, so she has more of a pretext to imagine she is like Marilyn. And make her Svengali someone who rode her coattails to Hollywood. "

Sounds better to me but in this scenario is there a need for the "Karen" character?

[nativenewyorker2]

Posted: 3/15/25 at 1:07am

Is everything ok with Kristine Nielsen? She has yet to go on

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 3/15/25 at 2:41am

nativenewyorker2 said: "Is everything ok withKristine Nielsen? She has yet to go on"

I wonder if she simply wants nothing to do with it. 

[singer234]

Posted: 3/15/25 at 9:49am

I don't think that's the way jobs work.

[steven22]

Posted: 3/15/25 at 10:14am

I’ll be there tonight. I’m eager to see how this one is I have next to no knowledge of it other than the first season of the TV show. Frankly, I’m only gong because of how impressed I was with Caroline Bowman’s performance in Sunset Blvd.