Katharine McPhee as Karen Cartwright in 'Smash.' (Photo: Patrick Harbron/NBC)
During the alternation premiere of Smash we got a glimpse of what it takes to barrage a Broadway musical, as abandoned babe Karen Cartwright and ample albino Ivy Lynn competed for the advance role in Marilyn: The Musical.
This anniversary was all about which woman would ultimately play the iconic Ms. Monroe. The accommodation took up a lot of of the hour, with the four capital advisers ping-ponging amid accomplished Ivy and newbie Karen. It was like Team Edward vs. Team Jacob – abandoned with women and ball numbers and … eh, maybe not.
Episode two bliss off with Katharine McPhee's Karen absorbed about singing in foreground of an amorous audience. In reality, she's still cat-and-mouse tables. Well, actually, she's just continuing about with a coffee pot in her duke while cutting a atramentous top with a dog collar-meets-Playboy Bunny bowtie captivated about her neck. (What's up with this appearance and confusing necklines?)
Meanwhile, the Broadway advisers are aggressive it out abaft bankrupt doors: Who should play Marilyn? Ivy's got the chops and sex address – and the eye of womanizing administrator Derek aback Karen attempt down his advances endure week. But they still can't accept to agitate the abstraction that Karen could be Broadway's next big star. So, how do they plan to accomplish their final decision? Setting up a acceptable ancient dance-off amid the two hopefuls.
Across town, Karen's admirer all-overs her about what happened the night she went to Derek's accommodation for a clandestine "coaching session." She coyly claims "nothing," admitting the actuality she wore annihilation but a white accepted shirt while straddling her abeyant director. Watch out for that glace slope, girl.
Shifting gears, I'm affected to burrow into the acceptance storyline featuring Debra Messing's Julia. I was acquisitive it would abandon afterwards boring down the accent of the pilot, but it has abominably angry into a above plotline. One that makes me wish to do a attempt every time Messing overacts by bugging out her eyes in cartoonish surprise, bone or joy.
Previously, Julia's bedmate was on her case about her abiding to plan as a songwriter afore they completed the acceptance process. Now, in an about-face, he's the one who doesn't wish to accompany the amount anymore because he wants to go aback to plan – abrogation her to abandoned accord with a accumulation of paperwork to potentially accompany home a little array of joy from China. (For inquiring minds, Julia's man eventually comes about and rejoins the acceptance choo-choo alternation – and I autonomous to skip the booze in adjustment to coherently address this recap.)
Once the babyish dejection are pushed aside, it's aback to the acceptable stuff: A Marilyn-themed sing- and dance-off. Both Karen and Ivy footfall into the spotlight as fresh-faced Norma Jeanes to sing what seems to be the show's affair song, "Let Me Be Your Star."
Then, in lurks songwriter Tom's backcountry – oops, I beggarly assistant – Ellis, advancing from out of boilerplate to acknowledge that he gets "so aflame watching my abstraction appear to life." Somehow a acclimatized Broadway able let a 20-something Corbin Bleu lookalike anticipate he came up with the abstraction for a potentially advantageous musical. But leave it to crazy-eyed Julia to bound put him in his place, sending him to aback Tom's dry cleaning. On his way out, Ellis does what he does best: creepily angle about eavesdropping. Doesn't he accept some beat drawers to organize?
In alertness for their final face-off, Karen and Ivy yield turns call with the appropriately awful administrator Derek. It's actuality they accommodated contiguous for the aboriginal time, and it's accessible who Derek wants to be his star, as he clears out the allowance and shuts the aperture in Karen's face so he can accept some abandoned time with Ivy. There's a new acquisition in town.
Later, Anjelica Huston's Eileen meets Derek for banquet and drinks, area she runs into her -to-be ex-husband. When the aide delivers the quickest 10-second Manhattans anytime made, the common ambassador douses her annoying ex afterwards he blame both her and her new agreeable endeavor.
It's not the aboriginal banquet of the night to be ruined. Karen leaves her admirer blind at a sit-down plan soiree area he's aggravating to affect his administration who are because him for a promotion. Area was she, you ask? With the womanizing director, of course. It's all actual innocent this time, though, as she hangs aback afterwards call to go over some lines.
The aforementioned can't be said about Ivy and Derek's next appointment though, as the two wind up in bed together, about sealing Karen's fate as runner-up in the Ms. Monroe pageant. Welp, that's one way to defended a role.
Despite the director's antic with Ivy, the two women accept a final, official showdown in foreground of the execs. It's actuality we see Karen transform into Marilyn for the aboriginal time, cutting a albino wig and carnal gold dress while singing a song advantaged "20th Century Fox Mambo."
But alas, she is not destined to be Marilyn, as – surprise, abruptness – Ivy receives the account that she's won the role. We're acutely declared to be larboard wondering: What's to become of Karen? But I anticipate it's safe to accept that Katharine McPhee is afraid about …
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