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‘Smash’ Review: TV-to-Stage Metamusical Is a Fizzy, Fun Comedy With a Few Surprises for Fans
This fizzy, fun comedy showcases the outstanding songs written for the TV series, and has a few surprises in store for fans.
The main songwriting team behind “Bombshell,” Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman(“Hairspray”), have been developing a Broadway production since as early as 2015, and over the years, the project shifted, transforming from a full musical mounting of “Bombshell ” to its current form, a metamusical that, like the TV show, traces the development of “Bombshell.” While the premise and many of the characters remain, book writers Bob Martin and Rick Elice and director Susan Stroman have made many changes, both substantial and small, such that this “Smash”has an almost uncanny feeling to it: familiar, yet somehow different. Hurder is a top-notch dancer, Coppola is a vocal powerhouse, and Bowman has an impressive belt – but none come close to the magnetism and Marilyn mastery of Hilty and McPhee, whose performances haunt the production. But there are some in this world who will always love the magic of live theater and will delight in the sounds of the full orchestra, preferring to hear each belted note and to see each glittering gown and high kick in person.
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