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Krysta Rodriguez Is Smash’s TV Holdover
“I always describe it to fans of the show as Smash fan fiction.”
And if you didn’t, we changed everything.” And while the stage show does pull from the songs and general premise of the cult-classic NBC series — following the tumultuous making of the Marilyn Monroe musical Bombshell — it’s a different beast altogether. Rodriguez joined the show for its second season in 2013, coming off of Broadway roles in Spring Awakening and The Addams Family, and played Karen’s roommate and Hit List co-star Ana Vargas. It’s a new take on the role Debra Messing played on the series, without the botched adoption or affair with an actor — but one key similarity remains: “ I had to have a scarf!”
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