名声大噪第一季

'Smash' finale recap: Let Megan Hilty be your starMay 15, 2012 | 11:36 amJust before the last episode of the first season of “Smash” aired, show runner Theresa Rebeck announced that she would not be returning for Season 2. Instead, Josh Safran, a "Gossip Girl” producer, is coming in to, in the words of Tom (nee Christian Borle), “reboot” the entire show.Though this type of personnel change isn’t unheard of, it is rare for a major show to lose its captain this way, and one can only guess that Rebeck, a creature of the theater, decided that some of the magic that she was hoping to translate onto the screen was irretrievably lost and that she was better equipped to work on a smaller scale with the strong stuff, rather than the diluted version writ large. Or perhaps she just realized that the show, as it stands now, is massively flawed and that the energy it would take to right the ship wasn’t something she was willing to waste on Katharine McPhee’s mealy-mouthed line readings anymore. Or perhaps she was asked to gracefully exit to make room for a helmer who understands how to take the show’s potential and deliver something worthy.Because this show does have potential! When I watched the pilot back in January (doesn’t it feel like years ago?), I knew that this was a show that would live or die on the score. Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman came out of the gate blazing, with numbers like “Let Me Be Your Star” and “The National Pasttime” that have held up throughout a season of listening to them -- at least as well as any Broadway soundtrack holds up. And with the exception of a miscalculated Ryan Tedder number and that bizarre turn to Bollywood, the show’s best element has always been its original music.Take the closing number from Monday night, “Don’t Forget Me,” a final energetic ballad that led into a “Let Me Be Your Star” reprise. Even though I was furious that it was McPhee singing it and not Megan Hilty -- but more on that in a bit -- the song moved me, and I thought it was a fitting way to end a musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. She pleads for the audience to remember her good qualities, how hard she strived, and not how hard she suffered. She wants to be a legend. A tall order, but as Marilyn is the textbook definition of legend in our culture, it doesn’t feel stretched, and even the fade-in of a large projection of her face comes at just the right moment. It’s sappy and overstated, sure, but so is much of the best work on Broadway, and I know I would have applauded like mad for that finale had I been in the audience.So what we’re left with at the end of the first season -- and they haven’t even made it to Broadway yet, oy -- is that the show within a show works on some basic level. The thing that doesn’t work is the outer shell, the NBC show, and I think Rebeck saw the writing on the wall about that. But because NBC is pressing toward Broadway with this thing, they will have to figure out a way to make it better. And I think we all know that means not just handing over the reins to Karen.Here’s the thing: I see what they’re doing here. Karen is the more moldable, malleable, Norma-Jeanable option for the role; she is the pre-Marilyn Marilyn, prone to fits of shyness and doubt and occasional reveries of intense talent. But she’s also boring and stiff, and those are two things that Norma Jean never was.I understand why Derek is seeing her strange ghost wander around the halls like a specter from his own personal version of “Scrooge.” His vision of Marilyn is that of an innocent, a child, a ball of beautiful clay that men shape. And while it's problematic that the director of “Bombshell” has a misogynistic skew on the whole story, it does fit right into Derek’s persona. He likes his women to be little girls, delicate flowers, requiring his attention. It’s worth noting that when he was the sweetest to Ivy, she was at her lowest point, abusing drugs and getting kicked off stages. He wants to be the big daddy in the room, and Karen is a canvas on which he can paint that fantasy, down to her backstage melt-down. He has to coax the performance out of her as if she’s a baby bird, rubbing her curves and telling her that she’s a star, that he loves her. There were many men that treated Marilyn this way, and it possibly killed her. Which is to say, Derek has chosen Karen for now, so that he can treat her and mold her however he likes. I’m just not sure that it won’t kill her in Season 2. Just wait until she sleeps with him and he loses interest (and he will).It wouldn’t be such a problem that Derek went with Karen as the big choice if the show didn’t have such a captivating starlet in Hilty. McPhee did a serviceable job on that last number, but I kept thinking that Ivy would have brought something else to the song entirely. Karen’s “Don’t Forget Me” felt like a pleading, a wish. I bet Ivy’s would have felt like a command. The show is so miscast, in that Hilty is clearly a Broadway performer with the chops for that kind of theater, and McPhee is more of a pop star who somehow keeps beating out the Broadway performer -- it doesn’t make logical sense. We are all supposed to suspend our logic and go with the idea that Karen’s the raw talent who is secretly a genius, but I don’t know why they keep pushing that narrative when clearly it isn’t true.Hilty is the real genius in the Marilyn role -- even Anjelica Huston knows that, even if she couldn’t sway Derek -- and if I were here, I would be contemplating the fistful of pills as well. The show wants us to care about Karen and to despise Ivy, who sleeps with other people’s boyfriends and tries to sabotage everything. But the best person in real life is not always the best person for the job, especially when it comes to show business. I hope that next season they let Ivy redeem herself and take her place. Bernadette Peters needs something else to do besides look devastated.Borle told the L.A. Times that next season will focus more on the nuts and bolts aspects of putting on a Broadway show, and less on the soapy drama, to which I say (like Sam) hallelujah! My favorite little bits of this episode were Julia and Tom trying to hammer out orchestrations and the stage manager trying to keep everyone happy during a crash run-through. I’d gladly take more of the technical behind-the-scenes sausage, which the pilot was so good at portraying with auditions rather than plot lines involving Dev or Michael Swift. I can’t even get up the energy to worry about the fate of Karen and Dev. She’s a star now, so I’m assuming that relationship is going to fizzle under her spotlight. As for Michael Swift, he may have impregnated Jules, but that doesn’t make him less creepy or predatory. All he has done is thwart their Chinese baby plans.The only side character who remains compelling at the end is Ellis, who threatens to enact revenge on “Bombshell” while wearing a red devil suit. His little speech to Eileen about doing what needed to be done (a.k.a. nearly murdering a movie star) and how near-murderers never get coffee for anyone was preposterous, and he deserved to be fired. But part of me thinks that in 15 years, Ellis is going to be one of Broadway’s most successful producers. He is not afraid to get his hands dirty with peanut shavings or possibly blood, and showbiz tends to reward insane ruthlessness. I hope the second season explores this dark patch instead of just making him the villain. Ambition does have its place on Broadway, and I’m interested to see where Ellis lands once he learns to harness his.And that’s all she wrote, folks. See you next year, when we hit the Broadway stage. Will Karen even do a hip thrust that doesn’t make her look like a fembot? Will Ivy channel Marilyn even more than she already does with an overdose? Will Nick Jonas give back the Degas? Will Ellis burn down a theater while he stands there cackling? Will Anjelica Huston ever sing again? And how long can Julia hide her belly beneath her flowy Eileen Fisher garb? All will be revealed soon. Until then, don’t forget Marilyn, or she will haunt you.The Songs!“Mr and Mrs Smith” 2 out of 5 Jazz Hands. Karen has about as much chemistry with Michael Swift as Julia has with her own husband. Not a great start to her star turn.“Howl” 3 out of 5 Jazz Hands. I really love this song and the jingoistic USO choreography, but I don’t love Karen in it. Ivy standing backstage imagining her own rendition (P.S. “Smash,” please stop with all the flashbacks in Season 2 -- it’s like shaking your own hand) doesn’t help Karen any, as she was so clearly better, effortless and charming at it. Karen gets through the number, but I am not seeing this extra spark that Derek tells Ivy about. She looks mechanical and scared.“Don’t Forget Me” 4.5 out of 5 Jazz Hands. And then she brings it home, and it’s magical. This is one of Tom and Julia’s best songs yet. Maybe they should always cram in a new ending on the day of the show to keep things fresh. I wasn’t feeling Karen’s tragic sexuality in her suicide scene, but her begging not to be forgotten in this number made me forget how much better Ivy would have been and just focus on McPhee in the role. Because we are stuck with Karen as Marilyn going into Season 2 -- at least for a little while -- any number that makes her more likable is a good thing.http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2012/05/smash-finale-recap.html

给大家安利一部来头非常大的美剧《名声大噪》（smash）!这部剧来头大到什么程度呢？

它的制片人是大名鼎鼎的斯皮尔伯格。

剧中一半以上的演员都是百老汇的音乐剧明星，随便找个客串都是头顶几座托尼奖。

《汉密尔顿》里因为饰演Aaron Burr而摘得托尼奖最佳男主角桂冠的Leslie Odom Jr，当年在这部戏里也仅仅是个小配角，饰演其中一位男主的男朋友。

谁还没有个打酱油的时候如果你想了解百老汇的音乐剧生态，看这部戏准没错。

《名声大噪》从一个制作概念开始，讲述了制作人和词曲作者是怎么集合到一起的，如何选择导演、如何面试演员，如何排练，怎么开展剧本朗读会，如何预演等等，甚至还包括一些不可说的“潜规则”。

我觉得它的副标题完全可以叫做“一部音乐剧的诞生”。

在这部剧中，著名的词曲作家组合Tom和Julia试图打造一部以好莱坞传奇女星玛丽莲·梦露的生平事迹为主题的百老汇音乐剧。

消息传开后，吸引了很多来面试的演员。

乡下女孩Karen渴望在大城市里闯出一番事业，而拥有多年舞台经验的资深演员Ivy下决心要摆脱一辈子只能唱和声的尴尬命运，由此，两人展开了一番较量。

制作人Eileen发现“玛丽莲·梦露主题音乐剧”这个项目之后，立即决定参与其中。

她还带来了一位优秀的导演，但是，这位导演虽然才华横溢，但却是个狡诈、自私自利的人，在业界的名声非常糟糕。

如果你就是冲着听歌去的，本剧也绝对是“音乐剧粉丝友好”。

里面的歌非常好听，时至今日我还在单曲循环。

与同样是歌舞剧集的《欢乐合唱团》（Glee）不同，《smash》的大多数曲目为原创，为玛丽莲·梦露音乐剧《性感炸弹（bombshell）》量身打造。

在2015年，主创团队甚至还动用原班人马，重新把这部戏中戏真正的搬上了舞台，虽然只为慈善晚宴演出了一次，但要求复排的呼声一直很高。

LetMeBeYourStar[ExtendedIntro] KatharineMcPhee/MeganHilty-Bombshell（点击收听玛丽莲梦露的出场曲，非常有舞台的感觉！

） 如果你是冲着音乐剧明星去的，那可就挖到宝了！

不完全统计，片中的音乐剧明星有这些：Megan Hilty，片中的两位女主之一Ivy的扮演者，常年活跃在音乐剧舞台上。

她是《魔法坏女巫（Wicked）》继原版卡司KC之后最受欢迎的“好女巫”葛琳达扮演者。

Megan金发碧眼，娇俏可爱，又拥有一把甜美浑厚的好嗓音，非常葛琳达了！

她还在2016年凭借《糊涂戏班（Noises Off）》获得了托尼奖最佳话剧女演员的提名，这样唱演俱佳的美国甜心真的不多，爱了爱了。

Christian Borle，剧中的作曲家Tom，常年饰演Gay而本人竟然是直男。

演戏什么都是小意思，这位不过是2次托尼奖提名，2次获奖而已。

代表作有《天使在美国》《火腿骑士》《西区故事》《演砸了！

》《律政俏佳人》等等。

说起来，他的前妻Sutton Foster比他还厉害一点，4次提名，2次最佳女主角。

演戏神仙们的世界我不太懂……

Leslie Odom, Jr. 对，就是《汉密尔顿》中的男主之一Aaron Burr！

他也凭借这个角色获得了当年的托尼奖最佳音乐剧男主角奖。

在这部剧里，你可以看到他7年前青涩娇俏的模样。

而当年就看过这部剧并粉上Leslie的朋友们，怕不是捡到宝了！

Jeremy Jordan，第二季中Karen的男友。

此小哥就是电影版《过去五年》中杰米的饰演者，还凭借音乐剧《报童传奇》获得过托尼奖最佳男主角提名。

Bernadette Peters，饰演女主角Ivy的妈妈。

托尼奖5次提名，2次最佳女主角。

这位属于神级人物，曾经是桑德海姆老爷子的御用女主。

代表作有《魔法黑森林》《飞燕金枪》《玫瑰舞后》《星期天和乔治在公园》等等，她在剧中献唱的一曲《Everything’s Coming Up Roses》真是全剧的高亮时刻。

这张照片也是非常母女了，慈爱地注视着才华横溢的后辈什么的Brian d'Arcy James，三次托尼奖提名，他就是音乐剧《怪物史莱克》中的史莱克本克，可惜本剧中没怎么唱。

Nick Jonas，饰演一个流行歌手。

他吧，勉强也算音乐剧明星，毕竟参演过大名鼎鼎的《悲惨世界25周年纪念版演唱会》什么的，江湖人称小神马……我还是不多说了……Jennifer Hudson,饰演一位托尼奖获奖女星。

在现实中，她曾经加盟《紫色姐妹花》《发胶星梦live版》《长发》等音乐剧，也和霉霉、Ian爵爷等大牌共同参演了电影版《猫》。

Andy Mientus&Krysta Rodriguez，这俩还一起合作过《春之觉醒》Andy Mientus（左），除了春醒，还演出过《悲惨世界》的小马。

他的老公Michael Arden凭借《春之觉醒》获得最佳音乐剧导演提名，好一口狗粮！

Krysta Rodriguez（右），除了春醒，还演出过最近来华的《歌舞线上》中的Diana。

除了音乐剧明星之外，本剧还有影视大牌加持：乌玛瑟曼，对，就是那个《低俗小说》《杀死比尔》的乌玛瑟曼。

情不自禁地放一张经典美图：

Debra Messing，饰演歌词作者Julia。

艾美奖影后，6次金球奖提名，4次艾美奖提名，老牌电视剧明星。

Anjelica Huston，饰演制作人Eileen。

她曾凭借《普里兹家族的荣誉》获得奥斯卡最佳女配奖，使得Huston家族成为了第一个“三代奥斯卡”家族。

她的爸爸和爷爷也同样是获奖者。

Jack Davenport，饰演戏份很重的渣男导演。

没错，他就是《王牌特工1》中大家以为是主角，出场没几分钟就被切成两半但依旧很帅的兰斯洛特。

除此之外，大家印象最深的应该是《加勒比海盗》中狡猾又刻板的，风度翩翩的诺林顿准将。

Katharine McPhee，女主之一，美国偶像第五季亚军，同时也是小有名气的流行歌手。

总之，这张卡司表可能要跪着看完……最后最后，如果你单纯的只是想看一部剧休闲一下，也完全可以看看《名声大噪》。

拥有绝佳演技和唱功的俊男美女谈谈恋爱本来就很养眼，再加上一些职场潜规则什么的，刺激。

（我先去把键盘上的鼻血擦一擦……）

脑海里是这两句歌词，Marilyn自杀前唱的那句：Secondhand white baby grand Still have something beautiful to give。

和Juliet在创作时说的那句：The good is bigger than the bad.(也就是后来歌词里那句，if something good can come from bad the past can rest in peace。

)二手钢琴第一次唱是E12结尾，清浅的钢琴，Ivy留白的演绎，到镜头切换到每个人在经历了或笑或泪之后的一点小幸福的时候，我和Eileen一起开始擦眼泪。

Don't we all deserve a family room to live. 真是每个人都有契合点。

不知道之后还有多少风雨在等我们，这一时的回忆可能就像整个宇宙里的一粒星辰，一星灯火照耀一辈子。

别忘我真是完美的ending。

Marilyn快乐吗？

不快乐吗？

从第一句娓娓道来，到中段"but forget every man"的低沉钝重（这段Karen的表现力还不错），到结尾高潮迭起的抒情式的长音，那种渴望逃脱的悲惨生活、那些不愿放弃的明星荣耀、那颗对爱情执着胜过生命的心脏。。

我想也许生命的意义不是快乐，而是丰盛，不管是好是坏，是泪是笑，都是经历，像Marilyn一样“The price I paid was all I have”不可怕的，至少总会有好的，欣慰也好解脱也好；只怕什么都没有经历过，到最后一片空白的喟叹。

其实这也就是Marilyn的生命所赋予的意义吧，不管多么创伤，总会有那么一点，哪怕只有一点，值得我们回味，支撑我们的生活。

Something secondhand and broken still can make a pretty sound。

看老友记，真觉得，他们在晚年，弥留之际，说到音乐脑海里第一个想起的是pheobe的，那该是多幸福。

感觉非常好的剧，第一集就很精彩，所以更期待以后的。

虽然主演我都不认识，不过看到Alex Wong伴舞啊！！

哈哈……

History is Made At Night历史夜晚酝酿Song by Smash Cast译：大梦斋主人(可以直接按中文词来唱哦)女：Put down the playbook 剧本放一放cuz the things I want to show you cant be written down我把不能上映的戏给你讲一讲Let my lips do the teaching用双唇带你起航男：Turn of the camera把镜头关上kick your shoes off for this scene you should be sitting down这场戏你要把所有束缚都松绑yes sitting close enough for reaching哦，近一些靠着我肩膀女：Turn down the lamp灯光太亮for the last page has been turned剧本到此该合上男：when the dawns breaking through直到日出东方女：we can stop and review我们停下回想合：all the lessons you have learned黑暗是我们的课堂Cuz history is made at night历史在夜晚酝酿so close the books turn off the light抛下书本关掉电灯and listen去飞翔let my heart be the teacher心合一就是方向no one here to disapprove没谁可以乱吵嚷as we review the lessons you've been missing不曾学的知识今晚都补上let the moon be our only light现在我们只有月光cuz history is made at night因为历史夜晚酝酿男：I see the questions我看到疑惑burning in your eyes or is it just reflections在你眼底闪烁或只是在反射of the stars high above you一天璀璨的星火女：I'm just a student我有些困惑and i hope you wont be shy please make corrections你千万不要害羞告诉我怎么做yeah on the sweetest way to love you要如何爱你才是挥霍男：Come whisper close轻声诉说tell me just when to say when要把时间告诉我女：Then we'll sleep through the day最好白天睡过男：Then whenever you say月亮升太阳落合：Thats when school begins again我们开始新的一课Cuz history is made at night历史在夜晚酝酿so close the books turn off the light抛下书本关掉电灯and listen去飞翔let my heart be the teacher心合一就是方向no one here to disapprove没谁可以乱吵嚷as we review the lessons you've been missing不曾学的知识今晚都补上let the moon be our only light现在我们只有月光cuz history is made at night因为历史夜晚酝酿女：Come hereOh, oh, yeah, someday they'll write lots of books about our fame and gloryCome here有一天，人们会拼命书写我们今天的荣光男：but if all their reports are just movies and sports但是电影和棒球根本不能描写我合：They'll be missing the whole story们相恋的模样Cuz history is made at night历史在夜晚酝酿so close the books turn off the light抛下书本关掉电灯and listen去飞翔let my heart be the teacher心合一就是方向no one here to disapprove没谁可以乱吵嚷as we review the lessons you've been missing不曾学的知识今晚都补上let the moon be our only light现在我们只有月光cuz history is made at night因为历史夜晚酝酿yes our history was made at night...........我们的历史今夜酝酿

第一季结束了，带着百老汇话题，主角争议，收视率不高等各种问题结束了2012的征程，再见就是2013的春天。

虽说美剧看了这么些年，各种题材也接触不少，但是唯有《Smash》完全是我的菜，无论主题，主角，剧情，曲目，声声入耳形容都不足够形容了。

即便没有下一季，它之于我，也已经是个完整的句号，带着各种圆满的心情，来谢谢我的Smash。

正如它的名字，在我的心中，它确实是一鸣惊人。

这应该是我第一次这么推荐一部电视剧吧，作为一个自我标榜业余水平的专业观众，我只说说我对演员，片子，歌曲的直观认识。

那些喜欢看职业素养评论的过路人，可以就此打住了，我还是更乐于欣赏片子里那些人文气质的东西，对我而言，它只是一部美剧，即便精彩，也仅此而已。

Jack Davenport此前给我的印象只有《加勒比海盗》，并且完全没有Jonny Depp有戏啊，对我来说，是个可以完全忽略的角色。

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Smash最终话在我的射手播放器放完的瞬间，我咬了咬嘴唇，二话不说点击播放器右上角的叉叉，然后关机去睡觉，拒绝任何的念想。

我不能想起Ivy落寞的背影，凝固的惨笑，和失魂落魄的眼神。

她的样子和无数个失败的自己重合在一起，只要任何一个悲伤的碎片偷溜入脑海，便不禁双眼含泪。

让我们来做这样一个假设。

假设Ivy技不如人如何？

K和I究竟孰好孰坏，其实是一个见仁见智的事情。

如果Ivy比Karen强，我反而不会难过，因为她总会发光，even crazy dreams come true.但是，如果，我说如果，如果Ivy真的不如Karen呢？

我喜欢Ivy，从来都是因为她努力。

当我因为各种原因没有接到Boss的电话，又因为各种疏忽浪费了大好机遇的时候，我听到Ivy对Karen说: You didn’t want it enough. You didn’t fight hard enough. You didn’tput enough on the line.那一段是全剧我最喜欢的台词。

“karen美丽聪明苗条声线好，但是Ivy指责得很对，她的投入不够。

她的梳妆镜上没有贴满梦露的照片，她也没像Ivy发疯地效仿梦露的一颦一笑。

在很多事情上Obsession是重要的，疯魔了青衣，才构成名声大噪。

”这段话大概是一个月前自己写的，现在看来，充满了讽刺。

讽刺什么？

讽刺就是，努力无用。

如果Ivy是才能比不上Karen，这才是让我一想起来就流泪的悲剧。

I wanted it enough. I put it enough on theline. But, I failed. 如果说Karen的天真在于本性纯良，那么Ivy的天真就是她真的以为努力付出就可以成功。

为了玛丽莲之梦，她做尽了该做的和不该做的事情，可是她还是淘汰出局，只是因为导演脑中的一些幻想。

或许唯一的选择，真的是一把药片。

从学校走向社会，我才真的发现读书是一件很快乐的事情，因为它是你自己可以控制的。

你努力了多少，就可以收获多少。

但是现实社会中的事情却完全不是如此，很多非常偶然的因素，可能摧毁并抵消你所有的付出。

太多的事情，不是你尽力就能得到的。

而你没有得到，也不能证明你不够好。

但承认自己的才能无法用努力来弥补，实在是太痛苦了。

我也不是多么饱经沧桑，但也不再是纯粹的学生。

从很久以前起，我就再也不信“努力就会成功”这种神话了。

假如这部剧走的是这个套路，我一定会像glee一样一集弃。

之所以看到现在，就是爱它的现实，和它的复杂。

有人说Ivy的失败在于她不自信，心态不好。

我觉得K心态好是因为她是新人，没有什么好失去的，她是9点的朝阳，一切只会越来越好，即使没有玛丽莲她也已经有很多成功的机会；而I在圈子里摸爬滚打多年被合唱团削去了光芒，这个角色是她唯一的希望。

她们的心理素质或者说心态有可比性吗？

Ivy不是心态不好，是奋战多年的她已经输不起了。

毕竟自信是新人的奢侈。

K现在还只是Norma Jean，Ivy才有着梦露内心的成熟、纯真和敏感。

第二季我想要看到证明自己才是musical女王的你！

要说黛博拉·梅辛果然了得，无论从海报还是从开头的故事来看，她都是实打实的配角，但最后NBC竟然报了她女主角的提名～～尽管说有《威尔和格蕾丝》的光环在，但她的表演还是值得肯定的，把一个内心有些挣扎，也有些软弱的作词者演得很好。

从E15看，难道她怀上迈克尔的孩子了？？？

百老汇风格的歌舞穿插其中，实力派艾美奖托尼奖得主+美偶人气选手组成了这部美剧的主要班底，百老汇的歌舞揉合了现代的pop，外型声线俱佳的Katharine Mcphee，梦露的剧中话题，商业运作和娱乐圈中的阴谋潜规则，很有趣的一部美剧，前3集看了，很抓人，可以一追

曾经迷过GLEE的S1和S2，所以看了这部片子很难不去和合唱团那帮小屁孩比较，但说实话，是真的完全不同风格不同类型的片（只不过大家都唱歌而已），很有可看性，人物有自己的故事、性格，内容也围绕着一个主题展开，不再追GLEE的原因正是因为第三季的内容太散太乱，推荐大家看看，期待一直续签