NBC to Premiere Musical Cleaning soap Smash Online

Smash As NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt place it, NBC is giving Smash the entire-court press. The network introduced Friday the full first episode is going to be available like a digital download beginning Jan. 16 - three days just before the show's February. 6 premiere - on Apple iTunes, Amazon . com VOD, Xbox 360, Ps, Samsunb MediaHub and Vudu. It will likewise be accessible on Comcast's VOD as well as on choose American Air carriers plane tickets. Not much later, beginning Jan. 23, audiences will have the ability to stream the episode on NBC.com and Hulu. Winter 2012 TV: Must-see new shows And when that wasn't enough advanced exposure, NBC will host tests from the pilot on The month of january 9 in Chicago, La, Dallas, Colorado, Ontario, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Tigard and Bay Area, as well as on The month of january 11, it'll screen in LA's Outfest. And like Fox's Glee, the tunes from each episode is going to be provided right after hourly airs. Smash, starring The American Idol Show runner-up Katharine McPhee, Debra Playing and Anjelica Huston, involves the backstage drama active in the development of a brand new musical about Lana Turner. McPhee and theater vet Megan Hilty (Wicked, job) play two stars competing to portray the Hollywood legend. Playwright Theresa Rebeck produced and executive-produces the series, that will feature original tunes by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray). NBC at TCA: Scoop around the Voice, Smash, SVU and Community's future Throughout the show's session at NBC's winter TV preview, the cast and inventive team, a lot of whom have Broadway experience, were quick to express the cleaning soap operatic (and stereotypical) behind-the-moments shenanigans - talking stars, a director who occurs to his stars, super-sized egos - are pretty in keeping with existence. "What goes on behind the curtain is much more interesting than what is happening around the stage," Hilty stated. "The genius of creating this concept right into a series happens when you are an active artist...there's a lot on the line when you are subjecting you to ultimately 100s or 1000's of individuals, it naturally sets a dark tone and stage for top drama," she ongoing. "The stakes are extremely high and there is a lot on the line. This show taps into everything... All individuals stereotypes exist for any reason " For which character may ultimately play Marilyn, Rebek states it isn't so obvious-cut. Not simply will McPhee and Hilty be up for that part, but guest-star Uma Thurman will swing at the end of in to the first season like a major superstar also in consideration to guide the musical. For the time being, McPhee stated the variations between your two characters's versions of Marilyn are rapidly apparent McPhee's Karen is an extremely eco-friendly budding actress while Hilty's Ivy is a chorus girl waiting to land an online insurance lead role for a long time, and prepared to do anything whatsoever to have it. Also, McPhee states, "I think about myself much more of a pop artist, and Megan's got this large Broadway voice," McPhee stated. Smash premieres February. 6 at 10/9c on NBC.