Smash Chat
Episode #18 – Season 1 Wrap Up

I am very excited about the Danny character. I think he’ll be the audience’s heartthrob character, replacing Michael Swift. My theory is that Michael was meant to be the major crush character, but nobody liked him because he’s such a creep, so now they’re bringing in Danny.

Wow, what a pleasant surprise when I opened itunes the other day and two podcasts were waiting. I’m a little out of the smashchat loop! Great to hear your amusing-as-always voices. I’d have to agree with most of your summing up of season 1. I think we all value the fabulous original music and production numbers. They’d be really silly to cut back on those at the expense say of putting in more pop covers. Hope they don’t go that route in the hopes of drawing in a wider audience.
For my most unliked part of the season I’d have question the whole Uma Thurman storyline. Part of me asks, why did they bother with that? But…giving it a bit more thought, I can see how it addressed a real issue for Broadway shows these days which seem to rely on movie/tv stars to draw in the audiences. I think, as you’ve all pointed out, that the shortness of the season made storylines like this one just too condensed…it’s like we went into, and out of the Rebecca story waaaay too fast, so it seemed like a weird kind of add-on. Anyway, I hope they do continue on with Bombshell’s path to Bwy…and I predict we haven’t seen the end of Megan Hilty as Marilyn…otherwise, what would Ivy’s role be this coming season? Understudy? Chorus? 8 months seems like a looong wait!