on the surface, “Thunder, The fictional broadway music is a new backstage music about the creation of “Bombshell: The Merlin Monroe Story”, but for fans for fans Panth-Classic TV Show “Smash,” this is the culmination of a year-on-year journey, finally arrives on the broadway. During two sessions of the series (2012-2013), we see the development of two music, but most of the plays around “Bombshell” and who will play the role of Marilyn: Veteran Chorus Girl Ivy Lynn (played by Broadway Veteran Megan Hilti) or Breakout Nuclear Kartrite (Cathin Mcfe).
Ever since the show was canceled, many people are chlams for more, especially because the songs made for it are of such high quality. The main song writing team behind “Bombshell,” Mark shiman And Scott witman (“Hairspray”), has been developing a broadway production since the beginning of 2015, and over the years, transferred the project, changed to a full Musical Mounting “Bombshell“In its current form, a metamucle, like a TV show, detects the development of” Bombshell “. While the base and many characters remain, book writers Bob Martin and Rick Elis and director Susan Strowman have made many changes, both are enough and small, such as” smash “. There is almost a surefire feeling for this: familiar, yet somehow different.
Now a hardworking chorus girl, Ivy (Robin Herd) has been converted into a broadwe legend (and slightly upwards). Karen (Caroline Boman) is now a cupcake-booking, non-perfect understanding. Director Nigel (Brooks Ashmanskas) and manufacturer Anita (Jacqueline B. Arnold) married authors Tracy (with Christa Rodriguez, in a different role from one to the TV show) and Jerry (John Behalman) “ , Especially expected to add some depth with Tracy that investors were initially picked as a light comedy. Law acting coach Susan Proctor (Christine Nielson, a cheerful UTA Hegan impression) and more fundamentally deviations, which converts the ivy into a terrible, pill-popping diva, and Associate Director Cloo (Bella Copola), which becomes a possible ridicule in an unpleasant series of incidents. This opens a discussion about who is allowed to become a leading woman, since Chloe, with her shapely body, “does not see the part.”
Gaya Team Ivy vs. Team Karen is, and with it, an experienced broadway is a fight between a member of a contingent and a novice of Iowa. Instead, the major drama comes in the form of corruption of Ivy by its acting coach, as Ivy slowly goes and working with Marilyn becomes as difficult as Merlin (one of many meta moments of this music). In exchange for the discussions of who is best for artistic role, the question becomes that who will sell more tickets (Ivy has 3 million followers but rally around the cloes affecting Tiktok) and build a low toxic workplace. These debates are realistic and striking contemporary, although they do not crack in the same way as Karen/Iv stress on screen.
This is not only due to change in writing and conception, but also in performance. The Help is a top-oriented dancer, Copola is a vocal powerhouse, and Bowman has an impressive belt-but no one comes close to hilty and McFi’s magnetism and Marilyn mastery, whose performance harasses production.
The heart of “Smash” was always its excellent original song. Shaiman and Witman score recently amidst the best musical theater works in memory. In some ways, then, it exists as a wonderful excuse to listen to broadway production, and staging staging, those extraordinary songs, including “Late Me by Your Star,” “Dont Foli Mi,” and “he just raun the line”. We can also think about this “smash” In the form of a Jewkbox music, a new book was conceived around the current songs. Like many juicboxes, in fact meditation is on music, and some scenes are completely present as opportunities to perform various “bombs”. Number.
It is clear that the authors decided to bow down to the metathiatricity of the effort, embracing the fact that it is not, after all, a music and a television show. They play with the music theater conferences, in the context of broadway productions, actors and places (from Orso to Sardi), and most importantly, shift to tone. They Distribute perfectly on drama and laughter (“Tears like pearls,” but that’s fine); This “smash” There is a comedy from the whole heart, something that considers Nielson and Ashmanskas the best. Ashmanskas uses its Classic Campi Comedy in such a way that perfectly accepts this “smash,, Let the previous recurrence go completely.
For a piece of a high-budget music, the set of beovulf boreit feels slightly sparse and the lighting of Kane Billington is low. Most “smash” Rehearsal takes place in studios and backstages, but the sets of borit are brands and do nothing to add enthusiasm to these places. Costumes in “Bombshell” (by Alejo Viati) Would you all expect, a lot of glitz and gowns, although rehearsal and offstage outfits are either a bore or, sometimes, the nose-elevator (Rodriguez, in a TV show Debra Messing in a node in a node in a node, a never-ending parade is a never-ending parade). Wish, curtain calls show the best costumes.
A major deviation from the original, in which “bombs” Won Tony Awards, “Bombshell” here There is a flop. It goes to a main problem of adopting this material, and can explain why the creative team switched by developing “Bombshell”, To make “smash”: as a music, “Bombshell” was deliberately uncontrolled; We only look at the songs, and they are a continuous stream of Marilyn Solos and large production numbers, which will create many logistic staging problems – not to mention the fact that most of the books were never out. This “smash” By declaring these issues an artistic failure “bombardment”, by finding an easy path; This is a slightly defeated person, and some may have seen “bombs” Staged on his own and gave it a chance to do justice.
The main advantage will be allowing the score, the real highlight of the show, and more shining. To fully enjoy and appreciates all stunning songs in this production is sometimes difficult, especially since many clips are done, staging as rehearsals, or removed from their “bombshell”. Context.
Due to all twitks, changes and differences in the performance, some originalist TV shows may prefer to watch online. But there are some in this world that will always love the magic of live theater and will be pleased with full orchestra, each belt note would like to listen to the note and see the high kick in each glossy gown and person. After all this, it is undeniably thrilling and deeply pleasant to experience these cute songs on the stage, and to achieve some more time with this dramatic band of TheSpian. So those fans are dying for more “smash” Material, this music will completely scratch that (more than seven years) itching; For those, this production offers a high-energy, fun music comedy that has an unprecedented score. Either way, it really, what you need.
