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Smash

Duration:
44 min
Genres:
Drama | Musical
IMDB rate:
7.6
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 8 wins & 24 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Filming Locations: New York City, New York, USA
Cast
Actor
Character
Uma Thurman
Uma Thurman
Smash
Andy Mientus
Andy Mientus
Smash
Debra Messing
Julia Houston
Jack Davenport
Derek Wills
Katharine McPhee
Karen Cartwright
Christian Borle
Tom Levitt
Megan Hilty
Ivy Lynn
Anjelica Huston
Eileen Rand
Savannah Wise
Jessica
Wesley Taylor
Bobby
Jenny Laroche
Dancer / ... (24 episodes, 2012-2013)
Keith Kuhl
Dancer (24 episodes, 2012-2013)
Leslie Odom Jr.
Sam Strickland
Brian d'Arcy James
Frank Houston
Ann Harada
Linda
Jeremy Jordan
Jimmy Collins
Jaime Cepero
Ellis Boyd
Joshua Bergasse
Josh
Raza Jaffrey
Dev Sundaram
Krysta Rodriguez
Ana Vargas
Michael Cristofer
Jerry Rand
Phillip Spaeth
Dennis
Emory Cohen
Leo Houston
Alexandra Nicole Hulme
Dancer (15 episodes, 2013)
Samantha Zack
Dancer (14 episodes, 2013)
J. Manuel Santos
Dancer (14 episodes, 2012-2013)
Thorsten Kaye
Nick Felder
Nina Lafarga
Dancer / ... (13 episodes, 2012-2013)
Reed Kelly
Dancer (13 episodes, 2013)
Did you know?
Trivia
Becky Ann Baker and Dylan Baker, who play Karen's parents, are also married in their real lives. Both are Broadway veterans; he has been in many Broadway plays, including "Eastern Standard" and "God of Carnage," and she was in the original casts of musicals such as "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas," "Titanic," and "Assassins."
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The "Riedel" whom Julia calls a "Napoleonic little Nazi" and other characters complain about as well is a real person--Michael Riedel, the influential and feared theater columnist for The New York Post, who is well-known for his acerbic-to-scathing reporting on some shows. His writing has occasionally led to conflicts with the theater world off the page as well; one infamous example was when his negative opinion of the 2004 revival of "Fiddler on the Roof" led to the director of that production, David Leveaux, punching Riedel in front of a crowd at the theater district restaurant Angus McIndoe. The real Riedel signed a legal release before the first episode of "Smash" aired allowing the show to call him a "Napoleonic little Nazi."
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Several of the actors on Smash have actually performed in Broadway musicals. Megan Hilty played Glinda in Wicked and originated the role of Doralee in 9 to 5. Christian Borle was in the original casts of Spamalot and Peter and the Starcatcher, and originated the role of Emmett in Legally Blonde. Brian d'Arcy James was in the original casts of Titanic, the revival of The Apple Tree, and played the title role in Shrek. Wesley Taylor was in the original casts of Rock of Ages and The Addams Family. Will Chase has been in Rent, Aida, The Full Monty, and Billy Elliot. Ann Harada (Linda) originated the role of Christmas Eve in the puppet musical "Avenue Q." Anjelica Huston has never been in a Broadway musical, but in 1969 she played Ophelia in a Broadway production of Hamlet.
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Photos from cast
Uma Thurman Nitya Vidyasagar Jason Ralph Andy Mientus Kelly Barrett
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