Give everyone Amway a very big American drama "Smash"!
How big is this show?
Its producer is the famous Spielberg . More than half of the actors in the play are Broadway musical stars, and any cameo will be topped with a few Tony Awards . Leslie Odom Jr, who won the Tony Award for Best Actor in "Hamilton" for playing Aaron Burr, was only a minor supporting role in this play, playing the boyfriend of one of the male protagonists.
If you want to understand the ecology of Broadway musicals , watch this show.
"Famous" starts with a production concept that tells how producers and songwriters come together, how to choose directors, how to interview actors, how to rehearse, how to conduct script readings, how to preview, etc., and even includes Some unspeakable "unspoken rules".
I think its subtitle could well be called "The Birth of a Musical".
In this show, the famous songwriter duo Tom and Julia try to create a Broadway musical based on the life story of legendary Hollywood actress Marilyn Monroe .
After the news spread, it attracted many actors who came to interview. The country girl Karen is eager to make a career in the big city, and the veteran actor Ivy with many years of stage experience is determined to get rid of the embarrassing fate of only singing harmony for the rest of her life. Therefore, the two start a contest.
When producer Eileen discovered the project "Marilyn Monroe themed musical", he immediately decided to get involved. She also brought in a great director, but a wily, self-serving man with a terrific reputation in the industry, despite his talent.
If you just go to listen to music, this show is definitely "musical fan friendly". The songs in it are very good, and I still loop the singles to this day.
Unlike Glee, which is also a musical, most of the tracks on "smash" are original and tailored for Marilyn Monroe's musical "Bombshell." In 2015, the main creative team even used the original crew to put the play within the play on the stage again. Although it was only performed once for the charity dinner, the voice for the rehearsal has been very high.
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(Click to listen to Marilyn Monroe's debut song, very stage feeling! )
If you're looking for musical stars , you're in for a treat!
Incomplete statistics, the musical stars in the film are as follows:
Megan Hilty , who plays Ivy, one of the two heroines in the film, has been active on the stage of musicals all year round. She is the most popular "Good Witch" Glinda in "Wicked" after the original cast KC. Megan is blond and blue-eyed, charming and cute, and has a sweet and strong voice, very Glinda!
She was also nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play in 2016 for "Noises Off". There are really not many American sweethearts who can sing and perform well. Love them.
Christian Borle , the composer Tom in the play, played Gay all the year round and he turned out to be a straight man . Anything in acting is trivial, this is just two Tony nominations and two wins. His representative works include "Angels in America", "Ham Rider", "West Side Story" and "Smash!" "" Legally Blonde " and so on.
Speaking of which, his ex-wife Sutton Foster is a little more powerful than him, with 4 nominations and 2 Best Actress. I don't know much about the world of acting gods...
Leslie Odom, Jr. Yes, Aaron Burr, one of the male protagonists in "Hamilton" ! He also won that year's Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical for his role.
In this drama, you can see his youthful and charming appearance 7 years ago. And friends who have seen this show and became fans of Leslie in those days, I am afraid that they have not found a treasure!
Jeremy Jordan , Karen's boyfriend in season two. This little brother is the role of Jamie in the movie version of "The Past Five Years", and he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor for his musical "Legend of the Newsboy".
Bernadette Peters , who plays Ivy's mother. 5 Tony nominations, 2 Best Actress. This is a god-level figure, who used to be the queen of Sondheim.
Her representative works include "Magic Black Forest", "The Golden Spear", "The Queen of Roses", "Sunday in the Park with George", etc. The song "Everything's Coming Up Roses" she sings in the play is really the highlight of the whole play. .
Brian d'Arcy James , three-time Tony nominee, is Shrek Bunk in the musical Shrek, but he doesn't sing much in this show.
Nick Jonas , who plays a pop singer. He is barely considered a musical star. After all, he has participated in the famous "Les Miserables 25th Anniversary Edition Concert" or something. People in Jianghu call it a little horse ... I won't say much...
Jennifer Hudson , as a Tony Award-winning actress. In reality, she has participated in musicals such as "Purple Sisters", "Hairspray Star Dream Live" and "Long Hair", and also participated in the movie version of "Cat" with big names such as Swift and Sir Ian.
Andy Mientus (left), in addition to Spring Awakening, also performed the pony of "Les Miserables". His husband Michael Arden was nominated for Best Musical Director for "Spring Awakening", what a bite!
Krysta Rodriguez (right), in addition to Chunxing, also performed Diana in "Song and Dance Online" who recently came to China.
In addition to musical stars, the show also has big film and television blessings:
Uma Thurman , yes, that Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill . Can't help but put a classic beautiful picture:
Debra Messing as lyricist Julia. Emmy Award queen, 6 Golden Globe nominations, 4 Emmy nominations, veteran TV star.
Anjelica Huston , as producer Eileen. She won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress for "Honor of the Pritzkers", making the Huston family the first "three-generation Oscar" family. Her dad and grandpa are also winners.
Jack Davenport , playing the role of a scumbag director. That's right, he is Lancelot, who everyone thought was the protagonist in Kingsman 1 , who was cut in half within a few minutes of his appearance but was still handsome. Other than that, the one that impressed everyone the most was the sly and stereotyped, personable Commodore Norrington in Pirates of the Caribbean .
Katharine McPhee , one of the heroines, the runner-up of the fifth season of American Idol, is also a little-known pop singer.
In short, this card watch may have to kneel down and read it...
Finally, if you just want to watch a drama for a while, you can also watch "Famous".
Handsome men and beauties with excellent acting and singing skills are very eye-catching when they talk about love, plus some unspoken rules in the workplace, which are exciting.
(I'll wipe the nosebleed off the keyboard first...)
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