Not many actors can still claim to have a career after starring in two failed television series. But Megan Hilty, who starred in NBC’s Smash (canceled after two seasons) and Sean Saves the World (canceled midway through its first season), isn’t just still working, she’s actually talking about her experiences
Krysta Rodriguez might have gotten famous more recently because of her role on Smash, but she’s no Broadway novice. She has been appearing on Broadway for a decade after debuting at age 19 in Good Vibrations. She’s since appeared in A Chorus Line, Spring Awakening, In the Heights, and The
In the end, Smash is, at best, an imperfect television series. It took an interesting industry — the behind-the-scenes creation of Broadway productions — and incredibly talented singers, like Megan Hilty, yet somehow failed to make it interesting to general audiences or even Broadway diehards.
It’s an interesting question because much of the cast and crew behind the inconsistent first season — including creator Theresa Rebeck — have not returned for the show’s second season.
Katharine McPhee remembers all too well her audition for the NBC backstage drama Smash.
Actress Megan Hilty, who plays Ivy Lynn, is keeping on the positive side in light of the wave of changes that has taken over Smash’s second season now that actors Raza Jaffrey, Will Chase, and Brian d’Arcy James have all departed their posts.
It’s ironic that one of the most experienced Broadway musical actors on the NBC television series Smash, Brian D’Arcy James, plays one of the characters who isn’t involved in the Broadway business.
It was just reported that 2 series-regulars and 2 recurring actors were axed from NBC’s Smash.
Christian Borle, who plays Tom on ‘Smash’, talks about next season and what might be in store for the show.
Christian Borle, who stars as the pirate who one day will be Captain Hook in the Peter Pan origin musical Peter and the Starcatcher, says that a lot of his character is swiped from some of the best known villains in history.
McPhee is starring in a breakout role in NBC’s Smash, set to premiere tonight.
