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Heyo! Today, I'm just going to casually scream about one of my favorite shows that I wish never go cancelled. And even though I got into it, years after it ended, I wish there was more.

That show is Smash!
Smash aired on NBC from 2012 till 2013. It was a short run of two seasons, but I got into the show and binged it at the beginning of 2017. I fell in love with it.
This is the opening song of Bombshell.
The cast includes a wide range of Broadway and TV/film stars including:
Debra Messing as Julia Huston
Christian Borle as Tom Levitt
Angelica Huston as Eileen Rand
Jack Davenport as Derek Wills
Megan Hilty as Ivy Lyn
Katharine McPhee as Karen Cartwright
Brian d'Arcy James as Frank Huston
Jeremy Jordan as Jimmy Collins
Andy Mientus as Kyle Bishop
Krysta Rodriguez as Ana Vargas
Leslie Odom Jr. as Sam Strickland
Jaime Cepero as Ellis Boyd
Raza Jaffrey as Dev Sundaram

Nick Jonas, Bernadette Peters, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Hudson, Will Chase, Ann Harada, Annaleigh Ashford, Wesley Taylor,  Jesse L. Martin, Nikki Blonsky and Daphne Rubin-Vega, Sean Hayes also guest star.

If you watch closely you can see cameos from Jordan Roth, Tom Kitt, Tony Yazbeck, Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (who also wrote the music for the show), Harvey Firestein, Seth Rudetsky, Liza Minelli, Stephen Bogardus, Rosie O'Donnell, Kathie Lee Gifford, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Christine Ebersole, and Susan Blackwell.
To be completely honest, as soon as I heard Christian Borle and Leslie Odom Jr. were in it, I watched. And I loved it. It is about making a musical. It shows the formation of two musicals. Season 1 is about Bombshell, a musical about Marilyn Monroe. Season 2 is about a musical called Hit-list, which I'm still confused by the plot line of that one.

While they are doing Bombshell, you get to decide for yourself which actress you like better as Marilyn Monroe. Are you Team Ivy or Team Karen? Personally, I am Team Ivy. I was rooting for her since the first episode. Not only am I biased, because I love Megan Hilty and I think she has such amazing talent, but she also is better at capturing Marilyn.
Debra Messing and Borle play duo Huston and Levitt. Julia writing the lyrics and Tom writing the music for Bombshell and a few other past shows.

This show is what made me fall in love with Brian d'Arcy James, because I didn't appreciate him as much until after the show.

And of course with Messing and Sean Hayes, it was a throw back to Will & Grace for me because W&G was one of my favorite shows growing up. I was a child, watching an adult show. Don't question it. After some time, my mother did make me stop watching it.

Even though Bombshell is a fictional musical, I love it and I am so glad that there is an actual cast album for it. If only my dream would come true and it would open on Broadway. But it probably won't.

Favorite Character: Frank
Least Favorite Character: Ellis (most people would agree with me)
Rate (out of 10): 8

I won't give any spoilers in this post, incase you want to watch Smash. But if you do, be prepared for Season 2. It hurts. Like hell.

But the last episode made me really happy! So I'll end this post with the last Smash song "Big Finish". I wish there was a clip of it on YouTube, but the clip from the live concert cuts out part of the beginning. So enjoy the audio because Katharine and Megan are amazing.
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