We discuss the overlap between musical theater fans and sci-fi , movie stars on Broadway, and how Smash depicts the casting couch.

Scarf Count: 9

Previews

Directed by Robert Duncan McNeill

Written by David Marshall Grant

NBC.com Synopsis: “Bombshell”faces its first audience just as a major crisis hits Rebecca Duvall.

Pop Culture References: Alyssa Milano, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Prince, Spock, Doctor Who, Daleks, Weeping Angels, Shakespeare, Slings & Arrows, Luke Kirby, Six Degrees of Separation, Stockard Channing, The Devil Wears Prada, Angels in America, Scarlett Johansson, Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, Katharine Hepburn, Coco Chanel, Natasha Richardson, Cabaret, Daryl Zanuck, Dave Chappelle, Harvey Weinstein, Ursula, The Little Mermaid, game theory, the prisoner’s dilemma, Marc Kudisch, Bye Bye Birdie, Gaston, Beauty and the Beast, 9 to 5: The Musical, David Mamet, John Malkovich, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Water Engine, Anjelica Huston, Walter Huston, Knickerbocker Holiday, Marianne Faithfull, 20th Century Blues, Pirate Jenny, Fred Astaire, Cole Porter, Lassie, J’accuse!, Jon Snow, The Kids Are All Right, Annette Bening, Julianne Moore, Isiah Whitlock, American Idol, Marilyn Monroe

Smashlash: https://www.google.com/amp/s/tv.avclub.com/smash-previews-1798172710/amp

Under 5 of the Week: Hinton Battle as the preacher!

Least Problematic Man of the Week: Tom!

What Would Tarana Burke Say? How To Deal With Sexual Harassment by Ashley Steves https://www.backstage.com/uk/magazine/article/deal-sexual-harassment-65206/#section0

Musical Numbers:

Smash! by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman

September Song by Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson

Stand by Donnie McClurkin

Smash was created by Theresa Rebeck

Tina is @nice_white_lady

Ruth is @yellow_fairy19

We are @talkinsmash

www.talkinsmash.com

Podden och tillhörande omslagsbild på den här sidan tillhör Talkin Smash!. Innehållet i podden är skapat av Talkin Smash! och inte av, eller tillsammans med, Poddtoppen.