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Smash (TV Series)

Smash

2012

Theresa Rebeck (Creator), Michael Morris ...

Debra Messing, Jack Davenport, Katharine McPhee, Christian Borle ...

6.6

904

TV Series. Drama. Musical TV Series (2012-2013). 2 seasons. 32 episodes. There's nothing more exciting than the opening night of a hit Broadway musical, except maybe what happens getting there. While "Wicked" and "The Lion King" pack audiences in on the Great White Way, Julia and Tom, a successful songwriting team played by Debra Messing and Christian Borle, begin work on a new musical based on the life of Marilyn Monroe. When a tenacious producer (Anjelica ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Hank Stuever The Washington Post	"Forgive the occasional weaknesses in the book and just enjoy the razzmatazz? “Smash” is a case where not bad is plenty good enough"	POS
United States	Mary McNamara Los Angeles Times	"'Smash' is a triumph"	POS
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"[It's so] good you can't help wondering why no one thought of it before, a compelling mix of credible real-life melodrama with a fictionalized approximation of what it takes to get a Broadway show from the idea stage to opening night"	POS
United States	Ken Tucker Entertainment Weekly	"The drama treads familiar ground in a quirky, high-stepping way that you can’t resist watching"	POS
United States	Brian Lowry Variety	"Though clunky in places, at its best the series captures the essence of what the movie version of 'A Chorus Line' didn't, providing an illuminating window into the creative process"	POS

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