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‘Smash,’ Season 1, Episode 13, ‘Tech’: TV Recap
1 May 2012 8:00 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
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It’s time to head to Boston! Immediately we’re treated to visuals of the ensemble meeting in Grand Central and then heading up to Beantown while “Another Op’nin, Another Show” (from “Kiss Me, Kate”) is sung by Tom (and a little Sam. Interesting pairing there). I’m glad we have a classic Broadway song — there’s too few of those in this show. As the gang sets up there’s an ill-timed black out in the theater. »
- Josée Rose
"Smash" Recap 113: “I'm In Tech!”
1 May 2012 7:22 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
We open this week, accompanied by Tom (with a brief initial assist from Sam) singing “Another Op'nin, Another Show” from Kiss Me Kate over scenes of the Bombshell cast and crew packing for out of town tryouts in Boston. Notably Ivy packs a photo of her awful mother. Rebecca takes a limo and the chorines meet up in Grand Central Station.
Christian Borle really nails the song and the arrangement incorporates phrases from “Let Me Be Your Star”. The number closes with Karen standing wide-eyed on the stage as tech crew scurry under Derek's direction. With the final notes fading a missed cue results in the theater being plunged into darkness. From out of the dark, we hear Derek: “Oh bloody hell!”
Meanwhile, Julia's at home lying next to Frank in bed, smiling.
Back in Boston Rebecca stands nervously on the bare stage. Derek enters and spots her there; she leaves hurriedly. »
- fakename
An Appropriately Titanic Roundup
10 April 2012 9:57 AM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
"It may not be true that 'the three most written-about subjects of all time are Jesus, the Civil War, and the Titanic,' as one historian has put it, but it's not much of an exaggeration," writes Daniel Mendelsohn in this week's New Yorker. "Since the early morning of April 15, 1912, when the great liner went to the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, taking with it five grand pianos, eight thousand dinner forks, an automobile, a fifty-line telephone switchboard, twenty-nine boilers, a jeweled copy of The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam, and more than fifteen hundred lives, the writing hasn't stopped."
What follows is an epic and irresistibly readable survey of 100 years' worth of Titanic lore. The disaster immediately inspired a "glut" of poems, "more than a hundred songs," countless histories, novels and plays and, of course, innumerable films, both narrative and documentary:
A scant month after the sinking, a one-reel movie »
Smash Soundtrack To Hit Shelves May 1
3 April 2012 10:56 AM, PDT | x17online.com | See recent x17online news »
Los Angeles, California (X17online) - NBC's Smash is planning to release a soundtrack for their hit Broadway drama on May 1. The soundtrack includes 13 tracks from the hit series, including original music written for the show by Grammy winners Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman. The album also features music from Katharine McPhee, Nick Jonas and more. Check out a complete track listing below for the album below: 1. "Touch Me" featuring Katharine McPhee 2. "Stand" featuring Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom 3. "Who You Are" featuring Megan Hilty 4. "Crazy Dreams" featuring Megan Hilty 5. "Beautiful" featuring Katharine McPhee 6. "Haven't Met You Yet" featuring Nick Jonas 7. "Shake It Out" featuring Katharine McPhee 8. "Brighter Than the Sun" featuring Katharine McPhee 9. "Let Me Be Your Star" featuring Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty 10. "20th Century Fox Mambo" featuring Katharine McPhee 11. "Mr & Mrs Smith" featuring Megan Hilty and Will Chase 12. "Let's Be Bad" featuring Megan Hilty 13. "History Is Made At Night »
'Smash' Soundtrack Arrives On May 1st With 13 Songs Including 2 Previously Unreleased Covers
3 April 2012 7:39 AM, PDT | The Playlist | See recent The Playlist news »
Despite the success of "Glee," the musical on the small screen is still untested, but NBC is giving it a shot with their more adult-oriented series "Smash." The show follows the production of a musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe, and of course, all kinds of drama happens on stage and off. Granted, we've never watched the show, but not only does "Smash" have its fans, it has been picked up for a second season.
Part of NBC's game plan to continue the buzz for "Smash" is to release some of the songs from the show on iTunes right away, but if you'd rather just pick up the whole thing at once, you'll soon be able to. The official soundtrack will arrive next month, featuring 13 songs. Covers of Carrie Underwood's "Crazy Dreams," Michael Buble's "Haven't Met You Yet" (featuring Nick Jonas of all people) and the original »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Smash Soundtrack Sets Release Date
3 April 2012 7:23 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
Some of its storylines remain questionable (see affair, Julia), but few viewers out there question the quality of the Smash music on a weekly basis. Katharine McPhee and company can seriously bring it.
And they'll be bringing it all on one CD May 1, when the season one soundtrack hit stores and iTunes.
Check out a complete track listing below for the album below:
"Touch Me" featuring Katharine McPhee "Stand" featuring Katharine McPhee and Leslie Odom "Who You Are" featuring Megan Hilty "Crazy Dreams" featuring Megan Hilty "Beautiful" featuring Katharine McPhee "Haven't Met You Yet" featuring Nick Jonas "Shake It Out" featuring Katharine McPhee "Brighter Than the Sun" featuring Katharine McPhee "Let Me Be Your Star" featuring Katharine McPhee and Megan Hilty "20th Century Fox Mambo" featuring Katharine McPhee "Mr & Mrs Smith" featuring Megan Hilty and Will Chase "Let's Be Bad" featuring Megan Hilty "History Is Made At Night" featuring Megan Hilty »
- matt@mediavine.com (Matt Richenthal)
'Smash' soundtrack, 'The Music of Smash,' to be released May 1
1 April 2012 7:24 PM, PDT | Zap2It - From Inside the Box | See recent Zap2It - From Inside the Box news »
The wait is almost over for fans eager to listen to the music of "Marilyn" on their iPods. NBC is releasing its first "Smash" soundtrack, "The Music of Smash," on May 1.
According to Amazon.com, the 13-track album will include both covers and originals from the series, including the Ryan Tedder-produced song "Touch Me" from the March 26 episode, "The Coup."
Check out the full track list for the soundtrack:
1. "Touch Me"
2. "Stand"
3. "Who You Are"
4. "Crazy"
5. "Beautiful"
6. "Haven't Met You Yet"
7. "Shake It Out"
8. "Brighter Than the Sun"
9. "Let Me Be Your Star"
10. "The 20th Century Fox Mambo"
11. "Mr. & Mrs. Smith"
12. "Let's Be Bad"
13. "History Is Made at Night"
Will you buy "The Music of Smash"?
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- editorial@zap2it.com
'Smash' Soundtrack Songs Revealed
1 April 2012 6:49 AM, PDT | Aol TV. | See recent Aol TV. news »
"Smash" fans eagerly awaiting to put some of Katharine McPhee's most popular covers onto their MP3 players just have to wait a bit longer. NBC will release the first "Smash" soundtrack, "The Music Of Smash," on May 1.
According to the Amazon.com product page, "The Music of Smash" will include original hits such as "Let Me Be Your Star" and "Let's Be Bad," along with previously unreleased cast covers of "Shake It Out" and "Brighter Than The Sun."
The Ryan Tedder-produced "Touch Me" kicks off the soundtrack. Check out the full track list below.
"Touch Me""Stand""Who You Are""Crazy""Beautiful""Haven't Met You Yet""Shake It Out""Brighter Than the Sun""Let Me Be Your Star""The 20th Century Fox Mambo""Mr. & Mrs. Smith""Let's Be Bad""History Is Made at Night"
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- Chris Harnick
'Smash' Soundtrack Songs Revealed
1 April 2012 6:49 AM, PDT | Huffington Post | See recent Huffington Post news »
"Smash" fans eagerly awaiting to put some of Katharine McPhee's most popular covers onto their MP3 players just have to wait a bit longer. NBC will release the first "Smash" soundtrack, "The Music Of Smash," on May 1.
According to the Amazon.com product page, "The Music of Smash" will include original hits such as "Let Me Be Your Star" and "Let's Be Bad," along with previously unreleased cast covers of "Shake It Out" and "Brighter Than The Sun."
The Ryan Tedder-produced "Touch Me" kicks off the soundtrack. Check out the full track list below.
"Touch Me" "Stand" "Who You Are" "Crazy" "Beautiful" "Haven't Met You Yet" "Shake It Out" "Brighter Than the Sun" "Let Me Be Your Star" "The 20th Century Fox Mambo" "Mr. & Mrs. Smith" "Let's Be Bad" "History Is Made at Night" »
- Chris Harnick
From the Missing Films of Favorite Auteurs: Frank Borzage's "Big City" (1937)
27 March 2012 7:56 PM, PDT | MUBI | See recent MUBI news »
I was recently alerted to the fact that Frank Borzage's 1937 masterpiece Big City is finally available on DVD in the Us, thanks to Warner Archive's Luis Rainer Collection. As such, I've pulled from Notebook's Archive of the Unpublished an unfinished piece I worked on some time ago on this terrific film, gleaned, as you will see from the images, from Turner Classic Movies in France (ignore the subtitles—the images were chosen for the images, not the words on them). It's not particularly finished or even unified and it's more description than anything else, but I hope it inspires you to see this film.
A fan of director Frank Borzage has to be a bit of a patient crate-digger, finding his films as they pop up in rare retrospectives (7th Heaven, not-so-rare on the Old Film Circuit, but the rest are sporadic) or unexpectedly on Turner Classic Movies, which »
Smash: Putting It Together
26 March 2012 8:44 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Fans of NBC's Smash were no doubt relieved when NBC announced the show has been renewed for a second season. It didn’t look so promising with the first few episodes, as Smash struggled to assemble a disparate group of ambitious professional entertainers whose only shared desire was to be in the spotlight, to be loved.
Everybody in the series wants a piece of Marilyn (the show-within-a-show that is being prepared for a Broadway debut), and most will do anything to get it.
Over the course of the first seven episodes, it’s been fitfully entertaining storytelling. But, like the initial “bad sex” between Tom and his blind date (arranged by his mother!), it's getting better.
Ivy, a talented but overlooked ensemble member at a successful show down the block with an overbearing Broadway star mother, wants in. Derek, a randy director/choreographer who sleeps with his stars and doesn't »
- Bigdillo
"Smash" Recap 107: “My Gaydar Is Not Stupid, I Do Not Have Stupid Gaydar!”
20 March 2012 10:32 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
Smash destroyed a childhood memory of mine with last night's episode. Well to be fair it's not really Smash's fault. See, with Bernadette Peters guest starring this week I'd been fondly recalling seeing her perform “Music Music Music” on The Muppet Show. But when I searched online for the clip, I couldn't find it. That's because she didn't sing “Music Music Music” on The Muppet Show. Teresa Brewer did. So for thirty years I've been fondly recalling something that never existed. It's jarring.
Anyway, we're one day before the workshop and we open on The Most Repulsive Pairing In Show Business, Michael and Julia, holding hands on a public sidewalk. The way you do when you're carrying on a secret affair. Thankfully Eileen and Derek approach before I get too nauseated.
Upstairs in the rehearsal space it's sweltering. Ellis informs the cabal that the super told him the boiler's acting up. »
- fakename
Smash Recap: If You Can't Stand the Heat, Check Out the Size of the Fridge in Julia's Kitchen
19 March 2012 8:49 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Before I say a single word about this week’s episode of Smash, can we pause to discuss Bernadette Peters’ performance of “Everything’s Coming Up Roses”? Holy mother of Broadway, I can honestly say I grinned ear-to-somewhere-three-inches-past-my-other-ear for the duration of the brassiest, most charismatic number in Smash‘s seven-episode history.
And just as impressive was Peters’ turn as Leigh Conroy, Broadway legend, tsunami of charisma, and not exactly World’s Greatest Mom to our fair protagonist Ivy Lynn. (Come on, you know Leigh did her vocal warmups before she jumped in that cab to the workshop space.)
When »
- Michael Slezak
‘Smash,’ Season 1, Episode 8, ‘The Workshop’: TV Recap
19 March 2012 8:19 PM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
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Finally, the darn workshop is here. But first Julia and Michael Swift secretly hold hands on the street, rudely interrupted by Derek and Eileen who are also on their way to rehearsal. It’s the day before the workshop and Derek is crabby. He must be nervous. Oh, and there’s a problem with the heat in the rehearsal building. It’s like 100 degrees in there. Michael and Julia get frisky in the hallway and are caught by a none to happy Tom, »
- Josée Rose
Smash Recap: Bad Medicine
13 March 2012 12:44 PM, PDT | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
Much like Ivy Lynn halucinating in her bedroom on this week’s episode of Smash, I’m wondering if some of this week’s storylines might’ve been figments of my imagination. Mind you, I’m not “hypersensitive to drugs” — how Christian Borle delivered that groaner with a straight face is beyond comprehension — but I need confirmation that the following plot developments didn’t just materialize out of the ether, like Katharine McPhee in wonky Marilyn Monroe drag:
* Julia and Michael consummating their rekindled affair | So dude threatens to blow up at Julia during rehearsals and expose their kiss, calls »
- Michael Slezak
"Smash" Recap Episode 106: The Bushwhack and Prednisone
13 March 2012 7:48 AM, PDT | AfterElton.com | See recent AfterElton.com news »
It's a little over a week until the workshop for Marilyn: The Musical and Ivy's at home readying herself for the day's rehearsal. She sings a couplet from “Let Me Be Your Star” and her voice goes out on the high note. A sleepy Derek asks if she's Ok and she fake smiles through it.
Eileen's in her office with a potential investor, an unhappy rabbit by the name of Ralph (although to me he looks more like an Edgar). She's asking for $7 million to cover the workshop and an out-of-town tryout. He's skeptical but agrees to consider attending the workshop.
At rehearsal, Karen and the chorines are re-shuffling the pages of their scripts and Karen is completely lost. Julia's going just as nutty rearranging the show, scrambling to place the “Johnny Hyde scene” and where to put Natasha (Lytess, Columbia's head drama coach) when Derek flips out on her, »
- fakename
‘Smash,’ Season 1, Episode 6, ‘Chemistry’: TV Recap
13 March 2012 6:45 AM, PDT | Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal | See recent Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal news »
NBC Scene from NBC’s “Smash.”
Ivy’s singing happily as she gets ready for the day, until her voice catches! And oh look, there’s Derek in her bed.
Timeline alert: The workshop is a week from Sunday! And everyone is having issues. Julia, Derek and Tom are having issues – Derek is bent out of shape because there’s no discernible story, linear or otherwise, and Julia stresses that it’s a first workshop and she’s been having »
- Josée Rose
Smash Review: Ivy Croaks
13 March 2012 3:12 AM, PDT | TVfanatic | See recent TVfanatic news »
When Smash was first announced, I was excited to see a new and original idea. Network television has no shortage of cop, lawyer, or doctor shows, so Smash was something fresh and intriguing. NBC's heavy promotion of the show created a nice buzz as well.
Smash promised to give viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the making of a Broadway show with both original and cover songs each week. Would it be a success like The West Wing's look at the White House? Or lackluster like Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip's backstage look at a SNL-like show?
Even though tonight's "Chemistry" was the sixth episode, it is too soon to tell. The show is the strongest when it focuses on the musical and the work relationships. It hits some rough patches when it gets into the personal lives of the characters, especially Julia's life.
The evolution of Marilyn: »
- carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
Jean Arthur Movies/TCM: The More The Merrier
6 March 2012 5:43 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Joel McCrea, Jean Arthur, The More the Merrier The delightful actress Jean Arthur is Turner Classic Movies' star of the evening tonight. Beginning at 5 p.m. Pt, TCM will show five Jean Arthur movies: The Talk of the Town (1942), History Is Made at Night (1937), The Public Menace (1935), The More the Merrier (1943), and Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936). Directed by George Stevens, The Talk of the Town received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture and two for its story and screenplay. (Back in those days there were three Best Writing categories.) Arthur is outstanding as a schoolteacher — this is perhaps my favorite among her performances — torn between a law professor (an equally outstanding Ronald Colman) and an escaped convict (Cary Grant). As a plus, former Warner Bros. contract player Glenda Farrell is excellent in a supporting role. The Talk of the Town is not to be missed. Though much less »
- Andre Soares
Smash Recap: Serious as an Art Attack
27 February 2012 9:40 PM, PST | TVLine.com | See recent TVLine.com news »
First, some good news: This week’s episode of Smash provided plenty more ammo in the delicious war between #TeamKaren and #TeamIvy. And now for some more good news: The show refuses to give simple answers to the question of which character deserves to be the heroine of our ongoing melodrama, and (to a lesser degree) which of these flawed, ambitious, enormously talented women is more deserving of the lead role in Marilyn the Musical. (Side note: At the end of the day, it’s possible to root for both ladies — if you’re willing to unite against the common enemy known as Ellis! »
- Michael Slezak
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