latimes.com: By the end of the first season of "Smash," there will be at least 15 original songs written for the fictional musical around which much of the series' action revolves. In the TV show, the fake musical is called "Bombshell." But does that mean it's Broadway-bound? "Since our creative team has been writing songs and snippets of 'Bombshell' scenes only to tell the stories of our characters in 'Smash,' there is no fully realized 'Bombshell,'" Greenblatt wrote Thursday in an email to The Times. "I'm not saying that it will never happen, but we are all focused at the moment on completing our [Season 1] finale episode and have already started talking about the macro ideas for Season 2,"
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I vote no. Please no. I will be the first to admit that "Smash" is a guilty pleasure of mine. That doesn't mean I want to see it on Broadway. There comes a point when producers need to stop thinking that anything that is remotely successful should go to Broadway. This is particularly true in this case. A show about producing a show on Broadway...isn't that show called A Chorus Line?? "Smash" was created specifically for TV and I hope it stays that way.
Ahhh... Crossing over, whether it be books or tv shows to films, or films to play, or here where potentially there is a tv show adapting to the stage, there's always a bit (well, a lot) of trepidation about bringing a work to a new medium. Certainly it's always interesting to see a work in a new light, give it a fresh look and feel, but I think the idea of taking "Smash" to Broadway is getting a little ahead of itself. It's something that isn't going to happen til a little ways down the road, hopefully once the tv show has developed a bit more. Anything is possible in the great wide world of entertainment, though
I have seen Smash a few times, and I did enjoy it but I am not sure it would make a good Broadway show. I think it is interesting to the general public because they don't really understand the reality of trying to make it in theatre. They are seeing some real situations and it can get kind of depressing. This show is the day in and day out of the theatre world. To put it on Broadway, there would need to be a storyline with an ending. Since Smash is just starting, it is hard for me to see where it may end up and if it would be an interesting show to go to.
I am all for SMASH actually becoming a Broadway show.TV audiences are watching the creation of a show. This is something that non-theater people do not get to experience. Up until now they never saw the long, hard, emotional journey a show goes through to make it to the great white way. By presenting the final product in it's legitimate manner America can gain an appreciation for this journey. The show will probably also have great ticket sales because of the publicity that the TV show generates.
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